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Pump up the power

There is keen interest in extending the use of laser diodes beyond traditional low-power devices. Now the techniques needed to increase the achievable output power have become available.

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Neukum, J. Pump up the power. Nature Photon 1, 385–386 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.111

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