Note that there some laser diodes operating outside the spectral regions given in the table. For example, InGaN lasers may be optimized for longer emission wavelengths, reaching the green spectral region, although typically with lower performance. Besides, there are e.g. lead salt diodes for generating mid infrared light.

Single-mode diodes can have a significantly smaller temperature coefficient of the emission wavelength, as the resonance frequencies react less to temperature changes than the optical gain does. For applications in scanning laser absorption spectroscopy, the wavelength is sometimes scanned by operating the laser intermittently. The temperature then rises during each current pulse and causes the optical frequency to fall. The wavelength of external-cavity lasers can also be tuned, e.g. by rotating the diffraction grating in the laser cavity.

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A high reliability of laser diodes can be achieved not only by optimizing their design, but also by applying testing procedures, e.g. during burn in tests and other types of quality control. See the article on laser diode testing for more details.

As explained in the Sharpening page, the sharpening transfer function is periodic with a period of 1/Radius in Cycles/Pixel. The system MTF (shown on the right for the above image) is the the raw MTF response times the sharpening transfer function.

We sometimes need somewhat different wavelengths e.g. for pumping different types of laser crystals. Also, it may be difficult to consistently produce laser diodes with a very specific emission wavelength. A manufacturer may then sort the obtained diodes into slightly different wavelength regions and sell them with corresponding specifications.

We propose a new summary metric: the area under the MTF curve (up to the Nyquist frequency), normalized to the peak MTF value. This metric is relatively unfamiliar, but seems to be generally more stable than MTF50 and MTF50P.

Most semiconductor lasers are based on laser diodes, but there are also some types of semiconductor lasers which do not require a diode structure and thus not belong to the category of diode lasers. In particular, there are quantum cascade lasers and optically pumped semiconductor lasers. The latter can be made of undoped semiconductor materials which cannot conduct significant electric currents.

Low-power laser diodes generate the largest revenues of all laser types – mainly due to applications in communications and data storage. High-power laser diodes have far lower sales numbers and volumes, and are used mainly for displays (with fast growth), medical and military applications. Direct use of high-power laser diodes for material processing (direct-diode lasers) has a small volume so far, but exhibits rapid growth.

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There may be cases where moderate MTF overshoot (~25-50%) may be desirable. In such cases a modified version of MTF Area may be a better metric. For example (for sharpening between B. and C, above), an image with a spatial domain overshoot of 25% may appear sharper than it would without overshoot— and the halo won’t be very visible. This corresponds to a peak MTF of approximately 1.4.  For a desired peak MTF = MTFpk > 1, we define

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As mentioned above, linewidth values are very different. Multimode LDs exhibit a lot of excess noise associated with mode hops. Noise in different modes can be strongly anti-correlated, so that the intensity noise in single modes can be much stronger than the noise of the combined power. This has the important consequence that the intensity noise can be increased when the beam e.g. of a diode bar is truncated at an aperture or spectrally filtered.

The highest power conversion efficiency is typically achieved not for the highest output power, but for a somewhat reduced output power because the required voltage is then lower.

The strong response above the Nyquist frequency (0.5 cycles/Pixel)  indicates that the lens is extremely sharp. Images from such lenses tends to look best with sharpening radii well below 2.4, which provides very little response boost in the important 0.35-0.5 C/P range, where the input MTF has sufficient energy to benefit from the boost.

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The pattern of peaks and dips (near 0.42 and 0.84 C/P) suggests a sharpening radius of around 2.4, which would have its first peak around 0.24 C/P. The first system MTF peak is typically lower because of the MTF rolloff of the unsharpened image.

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In terms of sales volumes, the applications in optical data storage and telecommunications are very dominating. The third most important application, which is pumping of solid-state lasers, already has sales volumes which are nearly an order of magnitude lower than the previously mentioned sectors.

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As the light emitted by a laser diode is linearly polarized, it is possible to combine the outputs of two diodes with a polarizing beam splitter, so that an unpolarized beam with twice the power of a single diode but the same beam quality can be obtained (polarization multiplexing). Alternatively, it is possible to combine the beams of LDs with slightly different wavelengths using dichroic mirrors (→ spectral beam combining). More systematic approaches of beam combining allow combining a larger numbers of emitters with a good output beam quality. Advances in that field have much contributed to the possibility of using direct-diode lasers e.g. in laser material processing.

Diode lasers can reach high electrical-to-optical efficiencies – typically of the order of 50%, sometimes above 60% or even above 70% [7]. At reduced operation temperatures, even around 80% are possible [10]. The efficiency is usually limited by factors such as the electrical resistance, carrier leakage, scattering, absorption (particularly in doped regions), and spontaneous emission. Particularly high efficiencies are achieved with laser diodes emitting e.g. around 940–980 nm (as used e.g. for pumping ytterbium-doped high-power fiber devices), whereas 808-nm diodes are somewhat less efficient.

The plot below shows the edge and MTF from a raw image captured at ISO 12800. It is extremely noisy because of the very high ISO speed (dim illumination of the sensor, followed by very high gain) and because no noise reduction is applied to raw images.

Note that the current rather than the voltage determines the rate with which carriers are injected into the laser diode. Therefore, there is a strong relation between the flowing current and the emitted optical power. There is essentially no output power below a certain threshold current, and above the laser threshold the output power grows roughly in proportion to the current minus the threshold current.

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(For comparison, the photon energy for 808 nm is 1.53 eV.) Note that this curve is shifted to the right for increasing device temperature; one then obtains a higher current for the same voltage.

In the eSFR ISO More settings window, MTF plot units were set to LW/PH, Speedup was checked, and MTF noise reduction (mod apod) was checked (except where indicated).

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Different types of diodes have very different noise properties. The intensity noise is typically close to quantum-limited only well above the relaxation oscillation frequency, which is very high (often several gigahertz). However, some low-power LDs operated at cryogenic temperatures have been demonstrated to exhibit even significant amplitude squeezing, i.e., intensity noise well below the shot noise limit. In all semiconductor lasers, intensity noise is generally coupled to phase noise, making these noise properties strongly correlated.

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When the system has strong response above the Nyquist frequency, low frequency artifacts such as Moiré fringing or stair-stepping may appear. Stair-stepping is clearly visible when the above image is magnified 5X, as shown on the right. These artifacts have an adverse effect on measurement consistency because an important step in the slanted-edge measurement is the estimate of the edge angle, which is quite consistent for smoothed (anti-aliased) edges, but which depends on the ROI position when there is extreme aliasing. A highly exaggerated example is shown on the far right, where the edge angle estimate derived from the two small red rectangles will be completely different.

There are very different kinds of LDs, operating in very different regimes of optical output power, wavelength, bandwidth, and other properties:

A second observation is that MTF Area (short for MTF Area Peak-Normalized), which is equal to the integral of the MTF curve from 0 the Nyquist frequency  fNyq, would be closely approximate MTF50 derived from a properly-smoothed monotonically-decreasing MTF curve.

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Most LDs emit a beam with an optical bandwidth of a few nanometers. This bandwidth results from the simultaneous oscillation of multiple longitudinal (and possibly transverse) resonator modes (multimode laser diodes). Some other kinds of LDs, particularly distributed feedback lasers, operate on a single resonator mode (→ single-frequency operation), so that the emission bandwidth is much narrower, typically with a linewidth in the megahertz region. Further linewidth narrowing is possible with external cavities and particularly with narrowband optical feedback from a reference cavity (→ frequency-stabilized lasers).

A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) has a setup which is similar to an LD, but the end reflections are suppressed. Without an input signal, such a device can act as a superluminescent diode (SLD), generating light via amplified spontaneous emission. The optical spectrum is then smooth and normally much broader.

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Laser diodes are electrically pumped semiconductor lasers in which the gain is generated by an electric current flowing through a p–n junction or (more frequently) a p–i–n structure. In such a heterostructure of a bipolar interband laser, electrons and holes can recombine, releasing the energy portions as photons. This process can be spontaneous, but can also be stimulated by incident photons, in effect leading to optical amplification, and with optical feedback in a laser resonator to laser oscillation. The article on semiconductor lasers describes more in detail how the laser amplification process in a semiconductor works.

In Batchview, enter the […]_sfrbatch.csv output files (from the eSFR ISO batch runs) into boxes A–D at the bottom. Up to four output files can be entered for comparison (though statistical results can only be viewed when a single batch is displayed: Display (lower-right) should be set to A, B, C, or D. The measurement (MTF50, MTF50P, etc.) should be selected from the dropdown menu at the top-left. For this particular analysis, Part way mean was selected in the Region dropdown menu, top-center. (Center mean will be selected in cases where the image is sharpest in the center.) Statistics (mean, sigma) should be selected in the dropdown menu on the top-right (only visible with a single batch is displayed).

In order to improve device lifetimes, LDs are often operated at reduced current levels (and thus output powers). Moderate power reductions can at the same time increase the wall-plug efficiency due to the lower junction voltage, whereas stronger reductions reduce the efficiency.

The emission wavelength also reacts to changes of the drive current – essentially just because of the induced temperature change. The current dependence thus depends on details like how the laser diode is cooled.

The laser diode driver can also contribute a lot to the laser noise because even very fast current fluctuations can be transformed into intensity and phase fluctuations of the generated light.

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Running the image (using SFRplus with the original uncropped image; SFR with the crop) quickly showed the reason for the problem. A curious combination of excellent lens performance and large sharpening radius (appropriate for a mediocre lens) resulted in a long ramp in the MTF response around the 50% level. Slight changes in response could have major changes in MTF50.

Most laser diodes emit in the near-infrared spectral region, but others can emit visible (particularly red or blue) light or mid-infrared light.

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In this page we analyze the consistency of slanted-edge MTF measurements, focusing on the effects of noise and region size on measurement consistency. We describe the test procedure in sufficient detail to enable Imatest users to perform similar studies for themselves.

Although the most common mode of operation of LDs is continuous-wave operation, many LDs can also generate light pulses. In most cases, the principle of pulse generation is gain switching, i.e. modulating the optical gain by switching the pump current. Small diodes can also be mode-locked for generating picosecond or even femtosecond pulses. Mode-locked laser diodes can be external-cavity devices or monolithic, in the latter cases often containing different sections operated with different current.

A key observation (not obvious with normal images, which have much less noise) is that MTF50 is based on the first spatial frequency where MTF drops below 50% of the low frequency level— 997 LW/PH in this plot, where noise causes a sudden and misleading dip just under 1000 LW/PH in the (unsmoothed) MTF curve. Smoothing the MTF plot would improve MTF measurement consistency, but smoothing has never been addressed in the ISO 12233 standard. The optimum amount of smoothing, which depends on the width of the region (i.e., frequency increment or the number of points in the plot) would have to be determined.

Laser diodes may emit a beam into free space, but many LDs are also available in fiber-coupled form. The latter makes it particularly convenient to use them, e.g., as pump sources for fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers.

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When operated under proper conditions, diode lasers can be very reliable during lifetimes of tens of thousands of hours. However, much shorter lifetimes can result from a number of factors, such as operation at too high temperatures (e.g. caused by insufficient cooling) and current or voltage spikes, e.g. from electrostatic discharge or ill-designed laser drivers.

The tests were performed on the Panasonic Lumix LX100 camera: a high quality compact camera that has a relatively large sensor, excellent controls, and can produce both JPEG and raw files. We took 10 images of a large eSFR ISO test chart at each of three ISO speeds, saving them in both JPEG and raw formats, for a total of 60 images. (SFRplus could have been used with equally good results.) The lens was set to 50mm-equivalent focal length. Manual focus was used to eliminate variations due to autofocus.  Standard signal processing was selected. A 2-second time delay minimized camera shake.

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Another advantage of MTF Area is that it tracks MTF50, i.e., it increases as sharpening increases, up to the point where an overshoot appears in the sharpened MTF curve (peak MTF > 1), then it remains relatively constant. So it does not reward excessive sharpening with better numbers.

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This problem will not occur if MTF Area (a relatively unfamiliar summary metric, described below) is used instead of MTF50.

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LDs are often used in the form of laser diode modules, containing a variety of additional components e.g. for beam shaping and cooling and protection of the LD, and wavelength conversion.

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The emission wavelength of a laser diode is essentially determined by the band gap of the laser-active semiconductor material: the photon energy is close to the band gap energy. In quantum well lasers, there is also some influence of the quantum well thickness. A variety of semiconductor materials makes it possible to cover wide spectral regions. In particular, there are many ternary and quaternary semiconductor compounds, where the bandgap energy can be adjusted in a wide range simply by varying the composition details. For example, an increased aluminum content (increased x) in AlxGa1-xAs causes an increase in the bandgap energy and thus a shorter emission wavelength. Table 1 gives an overview on typical material systems.

A 25×40 pixel region size is sufficient for good results with low noise images. This may be the best that can be done with low resolution cameras, though larger is recommended if the geometry allows or if the image is very noisy.

Most laser diodes (LDs) are built as edge-emitting lasers, where the laser resonator is formed by coated or uncoated end facets (cleaved edges) of the semiconductor wafer. They are often based on a double heterostructure, which restricts the generated carriers to a narrow region and at the same time serves as a waveguide for the optical field (double confinement). The current flow is restricted to the same region, sometimes using isolating barriers. Such arrangements lead to a relatively low threshold pump power and high efficiency. The active region is usually quite thin – often so thin that it acts as a quantum well. In some cases, quantum dots are used.

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Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) use the same mechanism of generating photons as LDs, but they usually do not exhibit significant optical amplification (laser gain). So-called resonant-cavity LEDs do exploit some degree of stimulated emission, and are in this sense intermediate between ordinary LEDs and SLDs.

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This image may look good on the small display of a camera phone, but it is far from optimum when exported and viewed on a large display or printed. When sharpened in this way, image quality won’t approach the potential of the lens and sensor. A better strategy would have been to sharpen with a radius between 1 and 1.5 (perhaps with a moderate oversharpening peak— see sharpening examples, below), then to add additional sharpening for images sent to the display.

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A customer sent us an image whose MTF50 measurements varied unpredictably as ROI size changed. A crop is shown on the right. You can click on it to view a full-sized image that you can download and run.

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TOPTICA offers a large variety of wavelength-selected single-mode laser diodes. Among more standard laser diodes you will also find "rarities", i.e. diodes with output wavelengths that only TOPTICA provides. The diodes can be purchased separately. In addition TOPTICA can integrate any diode from the stock lists into a tunable diode laser system: Fabry–Pérot or AR-coated laser diodes may be integrated into a diode laser system, DFB/DBR laser diodes into a DFB pro and Tapered Amplifier into an TA system.

There are different failure modes, including catastrophic optical damage (COD) (with complete device destruction within milliseconds or less) and steady degradation due to effects like oxidation of the output facet, growth of dislocations in the semiconductor structure, diffusion of metal from electrodes and degradation of heat sinks. Apart from the operation conditions, various design factors strongly influence the lifetime. For example, designs with aluminum-free active regions have been found to have superior reliability and lifetimes, and certain coatings (or just additional semiconductor layers) on optical surface can also be very helpful. The details of some advanced diode designs have not been disclosed by manufacturers in order to maintain a competitive advantage.

In the eSFR ISO Auto mode settings window, all Single-region plots and most Multi-ROI plots were unchecked. (When we needed to examine details we ran eSFR ISO Setup). Close figures after save and Allow CSV file output were checked.

A laser diodes is normally not operated by applying a fixed voltage because the flowing current could then very sensitively depend on that voltage, and could also be substantially affected by the device temperature. There could even be a catastrophic runaway effect: a high current could lead to a strong temperature rise, which could further increase the current, finally destroying the diode. Therefore, in practice one usually uses a laser diode driver which stabilizes a certain current; this means that it automatically adjusts the voltage such that the desired current is obtained. Alternatively, one uses a constant power mode, where the drive current is automatically adjusted for achieving the desired output power.

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An Edge ID file with one ROI in each of the center, part-way, and corner zones of the image was used in eSFR ISO so that Batchview, which analyzes the mean of results for each zone, analyzes just one image per zone. (Otherwise you would get the mean of several measurements, which would have a lower variability). The edge ID shown on the right (format: x_y_LRTB) was chosen because the sharpest edge in the manually-focused image was the left edge of the slanted-square two squares to the right of the center. This square (region 3 in the figure below) was used for the analyses on this page.

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The emission wavelength (center of the optical spectrum) of multimode LDs is usually temperature sensitive, typically with an increase of ≈ 0.3 nm per 1 K temperature rise, resulting from the temperature dependence of the gain maximum. (The temperature influences the thermal population distributions in the valence and conduction band.) For that reason, the junction temperature of LDs for diode pumping of solid-state bulk lasers has to be stabilized, if the absorption bandwidth of the laser crystal is narrow (e.g. only a few nanometers wide). It is also possible to tune the emission wavelength via the junction temperature.

Some low-power LDs can emit beams with relatively high beam quality (even though the high beam divergence requires some care to preserve that during collimation). Most higher-power LDs, however, exhibit a relatively poor beam quality, combined with other non-favorable properties, such as a large beam divergence, high asymmetry of beam radius and beam quality between two perpendicular directions, and astigmatism. It is not always trivial to find the best design for beam shaping optics, being compact, easy to manufacture and align, preserving the beam quality and avoiding interference fringes, removing astigmatism, having low losses, etc. Typical parts of such diode laser beam shaping optics are collimating lenses (spherical or cylindrical), apertures and anamorphic prism pairs.

Some modern kinds of LDs are of the surface-emitting type (see below), where the emission direction is perpendicular to the wafer surface, and the gain is provided by multiple quantum wells.

This is illustrated in the plot on the right, which shows MTF50, MTF50P and MTF Area for an edge (from one of the ISO 200 raw images in the above analysis). The edge was analyzed without sharpening, and with one and two applications of sharpening (Unsharp Mask in Picture Window Pro with Sharpening Radii = 1 and 2). MTF50 continues to increase as sharpening increases, even though the visible effect of sharpening— “halos” near edges— can degrade image appearance. MTF50P increases much more slowly: it’s a generally more reliable metric than MTF50. But it still depends on a single frequency. MTF area does not increase once a sharpening peak > 1 appears.

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In running eSFR Auto, select batches of files to be analyzed together, i.e., don’t mix different ISO speeds or JPEG and raw, unless there is a specific need to do so (for example, for directly comparing different ISO speeds). No additional settings need to be entered, since they were saved during eSFR Setup (Rescharts).

Laser diodes have voltage–current characteristics like other semiconductor diodes. A substantial current flows only above a certain critical voltage, which depends on the used material system. (The critical voltage is roughly proportional to the bandgap energy of the material and also depends somewhat on the device temperature.) Above the critical voltage, the current rises rapidly with increasing voltage.

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Now that these statistical results are available, Imatest will be doing more to promote the use of MTFAPN as a sharpness summary metric.

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This number will be equal to MTF Area for measured MTF peak = 1 (which is the minimum possible value, since MTF is defined as 1 at the lowest spatial frequencies). It will continue to increase up to measured MTF peak = MTFpk, then it will flatten out. For example, for a desired peak MTF = MTFpk = 1.4 (corresponding to spatial overshoot ≅ 25%), MTF Area(1.4) = min(measured MTF peak, 1.4) * MTF Area will reach its maximum when measured MTF peak = 1.4.

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