Patent ID: 9537284
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H01L,H01S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for assembling high powered semiconductor laser systems to provide lasers which are passively or self-aligned and have predefined focal points or imaging planes without post-fabrication adjustment, wherein the method comprises: affixing a semiconductor laser chip to a carrier; said carrier having power connections, a base, and a heat spreading mount that projects from the base; placing said carrier into a heat-exchanging relationship with a heat exchanger by inserting the carrier, which includes the semiconductor laser chip, into a bore in the heat exchanger, the bore having a larger diameter section and a smaller diameter section that receives the heat spreading mount, whereby said heat exchanger and said carrier are passively or self aligned into an efficient heat exchanging contact; affixing an optical element to one or both of said heat exchanger for said lasers, and said carrier, wherein said laser systems produced by said method have at least one output laser beam from each semiconductor laser chip, each beam having a predefined direction of propagation without post-fabrication adjustment; and inserting the heat exchanger into a housing that surrounds the heat exchanger, wherein the housing includes vents to allow the passage of air over the heat-exchanger and through the housing.