Thermal condition of high-power laser diodes

Light-current and current-voltage characteristics of a set of high-power laser diodes of the spectral region of 980 nm, fabricated by the authors, are experimentally studied. The dependences of their total efficiency and heat load on the pump current are constructed. The latter experimental dependence is used for calculations in the three-dimensional thermal model of the laser diode with a stripe contact width of 100 µm. Thermal fields are studied and isothermal surfaces are constructed for laser diodes fabricated on C-mount heat sink elements under heat loads corresponding to output powers of 10 W and higher in continuous mode.