1Motivation and introduction 2High power diode laser technlogy and characteristics 2.1Principles of diode operation 2.2Manufacturing technology 2.3Chip characterization methods and operation 2.4Broad area emitters and arrays 2.5High brightness emitters and arrays 3Packaging of diode laser bars 3.1General aspects 3.2Mounting of diode laser bars 3.3Cooling 3.3.1Introduction 3.3.2 Conduction cooling 3.3.3Micro-channel heatsinks 3.3.4Heatspreaders 3.4Expansion-matched...