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CASCADES™ HORIZONTAL STACKED ARRAYS
Combining nLIGHT’s high-power Cascades™ diode laser bars with a scalable package design, the Cascades™ horizontal stacked array product series provides a unique package optimized for side-pumping applications, but also adaptable for other uses.
Available wavelengths range from 808 nm to beyond 2000 nm, and up to 12 bars can be arranged in a single package.
- Modular design
- High polarization purity
- Narrow spectral width
- nXLT™ diode technology
- High power
- High reliability
- Solid-state laser pumping
- Materials processing
- Medical therapeutics
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| | HSA-ww-xxxx-yyyy1 | | Optical | | | | | | Center wavelength | nm | 790 - 825 | 790 - 825 | 910 - 980 | | Center wavelength tolerance | nm | ± 3 | ± 3 | ± 5 | | Number of bars2 | # | 1 - 13 | 1 - 13 | 1 - 13 | | CW output power / bar | W | 60 | 100 | 60 | | Bar length | cm | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Number of emitters / bar | # | 49 | 64 | 19 | | Emitter size | µm | 100 | 120 | 100 | | Emitter spacing | µm | 200 | 150 | 200 | | Spectral width (FWHM) | nm | < 3 | < 3 | < 4 | | Slope efficiency | W / A | > 1.1 | > 1.05 | > 0.9 | | Polarization | TM or TE | TM | TM | TE | | Fast-axis divergence | Degrees | 36° | 36° | 38° | | Slow-axis divergence | Degrees | 10° | 10° | 10° | | Wavelength temperature coefficient3 | nm / °C | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.3 | | Electrical | | | | | | Power conversion efficiency | % | 55 | 48 | 50 | | Threshold current (ITH) | A | 14 | 26 | 8 | | Operating current (IOP) | A | 60 | 110 | 70 | | Operating voltage / bar (VOP) | V | 1.8 | 1.85 | 1.6 | | Series resistance / bar (RS) | Ω | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.005 | | Mechanical | | | | | | Storage temperature range4 | °C | 10 to 40 | 10 to 40 | 10 to 40 | | Thermal | | | | | | Thermal resistance5 | °C / W | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | | Operating temperature | °C | 20 to 35 | 20 to 35 | 20 to 35 | | Fluid flow rate | ml/min/plate | 200 - 250 | 200 - 250 | 200 - 250 | | Max inlet pressure | psi | 55 | 55 | 55 | | Deionized water resistivity | MΩ-cm | 0.25 - 0.5 | 0.25 - 0.5 | 0.25 - 0.5 | | Filter | µm | < 20 | < 20 | < 20 | | | HSA-ww-xxxx-yyyy1 | | Optical | | | | | Center wavelength | nm | 910 - 980 | 1400 - 1600 | | Center wavelength tolerance | nm | ± 3 | ± 5 | | Number of bars2 | # | 1 - 13 | 1 - 13 | | CW output power / bar | W | 80 | 25 | | Bar length | cm | 1 | 1 | | Number of emitters / bar | # | 49 | 19 | | Emitter size | µm | 100 | 100 | | Emitter spacing | µm | 200 | 500 | | Spectral width (FWHM) | nm | < 4 | < 10 | | Slope efficiency | W / A | > 0.9 | > 0.4 | | Polarization | TM or TE | TE | TE | | Fast-axis divergence | Degrees | 38° | 27° | | Slow-axis divergence | Degrees | 10° | 10° | | Wavelength temperature coefficient3 | nm / °C | 0.3 | 0.4 | | Electrical | | | | | Power conversion efficiency | % | 52 | 30 | | Threshold current (ITH) | A | 12 | 10 | | Operating current (IOP) | A | 95 | 70 | | Operating voltage / bar (VOP) | V | 1.6 | 1.2 | | Series resistance / bar (RS) | Ω | 0.005 | 0.005 | | Mechanical | | | | | Storage temperature range4 | °C | 10 to 40 | 10 to 40 | | Thermal | | | | | Thermal resistance5 | °C / W | 0.35 | 0.35 | | Operating temperature | °C | 20 to 35 | 20 to 35 | | Fluid flow rate | ml/min/plate | 200 - 250 | 200 - 250 | | Max inlet pressure | psi | 55 | 55 | | Inlet to outlet pressure drop | psi | 35 | 35 | | Deionized water resistivity | MΩ-cm | 0.25 - 0.5 | 0.25 - 0.5 | | Filter | µm | < 20 | < 20 | 
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