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Laser Diode Power Supplies, Transient & Surge Protection
- WAVELENGTH ELECTRONICS: Power Supply Basics
Author: Wavelength Electronics, Inc.
- ILX LIGHTWAVE: Protecting Your Laser Diode
Authors: Doug Hodgson, Bill Olsen
- WAVELENGTH ELECTRONICS: BASICS: Electrostatic Discharge ESD
Author: Wavelength Electronics, Inc.
- JDSU: Handling, Pumping, Control and Operation of High Power Pump Lasers
Author: JDS Uniphase Corp.
- WAVELENGTH ELECTRONICS: Quantum Cascade Laser Driver Basics
Author: Wavelength Electronics, Inc.

Laser Diode Temperature Control, Thermal Protection
- ILX LIGHTWAVE: Controlling Temperatures of Diode Lasers Thermoelectrically
Author: Dr. Lawrence A. Johnson
- WAVELENGTH ELECTRONICS: Temperature Controller Basics
Author: Wavelength Electronics, Inc.
- WAVELENGTH ELECTRONICS: Thermistor Basics
Author: Wavelength Electronics, Inc.
- ILX LIGHTWAVE: High Performance Temperature Control in Laser Diode Test Applications
Author: Scott Remington
- WAVELENGTH ELECTRONICS: How is Temperature Stability Measured?
Author: Wavelength Electronics, Inc.
- ILX LIGHTWAVE: Optimizing TEC Current
Author: ILX Lightwave Corp.

Heat Sinking, Mechanical Mounting, ESD Protection
- NANOPLUS GmbH: ESD Precautions for Semiconductor Lasers
Author: nanoplus GmbH
- JDSU: Protecting Diode Lasers from Electro Static Discharge ESD
Author: JDS Uniphase Corp.
- JDSU: Handling, Pumping, Control and Operation of High Power Pump Lasers
Author: JDS Uniphase Corp.
- ILX: LIGHTWAVE: Mounting Considerations for High Power Laser Diodes
Authors: Patrick Gale, Andrew Shull

Optical Power, Wavelength, Spectral, LIV Measurements
- EAGLEYARD PHOTONICS: Relative Intensity Noise of Distributed Feedback Lasers
Author: Eagleyard Photonics
- OPHIR: Energy Sensors Response Time Integration
Author: OPHIR Photonics
- GENTEC-EO: Calibration Uncertainty of Photo Detectors
Author: Gentec-eo
- OPHIR: How to Properly Select a Laser Power Or Energy Sensor
Author: Dick Rieley
- ILX LIGHTWAVE: Intensity Noise Performance of Semiconductor Lasers
Authors: Dr. Tobias Gensty, Dr. Wolfgang Elsässer, Institute of Applied Physics, Darmstadt University of Technology
- OPHIR: Laser Power Energy Measurement Today
Author: Dr. Ephraim Greenfield

Spectroscopy, Gas Sensing, Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
- NANOPLUS GmbH: Advanced Gas Sensing Applications Above 3μm Enabled by New DFB Laser Diodes
Authors: Lars Nähle, Dr. Lars Hildebrandt, Dr. Marc Fischer, Dr. Johannes Koeth
- NIST: The Diode Laser as a Spectroscopic Tool
Authors: R.W. Fox, C.S. Wiemer, L. Hollberg, G. C. Turk
- MOLECULAR DIVERSITY PRESERVATION INTERNATIONAL; NANOPLUS GmbH: DFB Lasers Between 760nm and 16μm for Sensing
Authors: Wolfgang Zeller, Lars Naehle, Peter Fuchs, Florian Gerschuetz, Lars Hildebrandt, Johannes Koeth
- RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY: Highly Sensitive Detection of Trace Gases Using the Time Resolved Frequency Downchirp from Pulsed Quantum Cascade Lasers
Authors: Michael T. McCulloch, Erwan L. Normand, Nigel Langford, Geoffrey Duxbury
- WAVELENGTH ELECTRONICS: Quantum Cascade Laser Driver Basics
Author: Wavelength Electronics, Inc.

Medical and Aesthetic Applications

Materials Processing, Marking and Industrial Applications
- DILAS GmbH: Diode Lasers in Plastic Welding and Selective Laser Soldering Applications and Products
Author: Steffen Reinl
- COHERENT: An Introduction to Diode Lasers for Materials Processing
Author: Coherent, Inc.
- FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY: Diode Laser Modules of Highest Brilliance for Materials Processing
Authors: Alexander Knitscha, Axel Luftb, Tobias Großc, Detlev Ristauc, Peter Loosena, Reinhart Poprawea
- JDSU: Ultra-reliable AlGalAs Diode Laser Technology Impacts the Industrial Laser Marketplace
Author: JDS Uniphase Corp.
- LASER COMPONENTS: High Power Pulsed Laser Diodes Take on New Industrial and Commercial Applications
Author: Paul Rainbow

Telecommunications, Storage Area and Consumer Applications
- FINISAR: Introduction to Optical Amplifiers
Author: Finisar Corp.
- FINISAR: Is 1Tbs Ready for Prime Time? Engineering Reality Check
Authors: Chris Cole, Ilya Lyubomirsky
- FINISAR: Pluggable Transceiver Challenges
Author: Chris Cole