Tunable semiconductor laser with liquid crystal pixel mirror in grating-loaded external cavity

被引:13
作者
Pan, CL [1 ]
Tsai, SH [1 ]
Pan, RP [1 ]
Sheu, CR [1 ]
Wang, SC [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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D O I
10.1049/el:19990960
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The wavelength of a commercial red pointer laser diode has been tuned over 4nm digitally in 0.2nm steps with a folded telescopic gating loaded external cavity incorporating a liquid crystal pixel mirror. The sidemode-suppression ratio of the laser was better than 20dB throughout this range.
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页码:1472 / 1473
页数:2
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