| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to an extended cavity semiconductor laser device comprising an array of at least two semiconductor gain elements (20, 21), each of said semiconductor gain elements (20, 21) comprising a layer structure (1) forming a first end mirror (2) and an active medium (3). A coupling component (22) inside of the device combines fundamental laser radiation emitted by said array of semiconductor gain elements (20, 21) to a single combined laser beam (25). A second end mirror (23) reflects at least part of said single combined laser beam (23) back to said coupling component (22) to form extended cavities with the first end mirrors (2). Due to this coherent coupling of several extended cavity semiconductor lasers a single beam of the fundamental radiation is generated with increased intensity, good beam profile and narrow spectral band width. This beam of increased intensity is much better suited for frequency conversion via upconversion or via second harmonic generation than the individual beams of the array of extended cavity semiconductor laser components. The efficiency of frequency conversion is therefore greatly enhanced.
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