Abstract
Kinetics of catastrophic optical damage in diode lasers is monitored for 650, 808, and 980 nm emitting devices. The power-decay time-constants after degradation increase with wavelength pinpointing the better thermal properties of 980 nm barrier/waveguide materials.
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