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Title: Array mode selection utilizing an external cavity configuration

Journal Article · · Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.96261· OSTI ID:5564003

We report operation of a ten-stripe, gain-guided, phase-locked diode laser in an external cavity configuration. The laser radiates in a single narrow (1/sup 0/) lobe. Such lasers generally lase in the highest order array mode, L = 10, which radiates in a twin-lobe far-field pattern. With one antireflection-coated facet and a slit spatial filter, the laser has been operated in the L = 1, 2, 3 or 10 array modes. A theoretical explanation of the spatial filter function is included.

Research Organization:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304
OSTI ID:
5564003
Journal Information:
Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 47:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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