Fully automated hybrid diode laser assembly using high precision active alignment

Fraunhofer IZM, Technische Universitat Berlin and eagleyard Photonics present various implementations of current micro-optical assemblies for high quality free space laser beam forming and efficient fiber coupling. The laser modules shown are optimized for fast and automated assembly in small form factor packages via state-of-the-art active alignment machinery, using alignment and joining processes that have been developed and established in various industrial research projects. Operational wavelengths and optical powers ranging from 600 to 1600 nm and from 1 mW to several W respectively are addressed, for application in high-resolution low-power laser spectroscopy, telecom and optical sensors, up to the high optical power levels needed in industrial and medical laser treatment.