Patent ID: 7848372
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: H01L,H01S

Abstract:
1. A diode laser assembly comprising: a cooling block comprised of a plurality of stepped mounting surfaces of increasing height relative to a plane corresponding to a lowermost portion of a cooling block bottom surface; a plurality of diode laser subassemblies, wherein each of said diode laser subassemblies is comprised of: means for mounting said plurality of diode laser subassemblies onto said plurality of stepped mounting surfaces of said cooling block, wherein each diode laser exit facet corresponding to said plurality of diode laser subassemblies is displaced along the z-axis relative to an adjacent diode laser exit facet, wherein each diode laser exit facet corresponding to said plurality of diode laser subassemblies is displaced along the y-axis relative to said adjacent diode laser exit facet, wherein each diode laser exit facet corresponding to said plurality of diode laser subassemblies is not displaced along the x-axis relative to said adjacent diode laser exit facet, wherein said slow axes of said diode lasers corresponding to said plurality of diode laser subassemblies are parallel to one another and to said x-axis, and wherein said fast axes of said diode lasers corresponding to said plurality of diode laser subassemblies are parallel on one another and to said z-axis.