Mode control of semiconductor laser with diffraction and dispersion feedback

Journal Article · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.50520· OSTI ID:397314

Xu, G; Tsuji, R; Fujii, K ^[1]; Nakayama, S ^[2]; Amano, M ^[3]; Kiyono, H ^[4]; Uchiyama, Y; Tokita, Y; Hanasawa, Y ^[5]; Mirov, S B ^[6]; McCutcheon, M J ^[7]; Whinnery, J R ^[8]

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1. Faculty of Engineering, Ibaraki University, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 316 (Japan)
2. Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Kato-gun, Hyogo-ken, 673-14 (Japan)
3. Medical School, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94043 (United States)
4. Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35294-2170 (United States)
5. Kanagawa Labo., Koito Manufacturing Co., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 213 (Japan)
6. School of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35294-2170 (United States)
7. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35294-4461 (United States)
8. School of Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

We have constructed two kinds of external cavity semiconductor laser. The first one is a diffraction feedback system consisting of a collimating lens, a diffraction grating and a mirror controlled by a PZT element. The second one is a dispersion feedback system in which the diffraction grating is replaced with a prism. Changing the angle of the external mirror by controlling the voltage to be supplied to the PZT, we have succeeded to tune the longitudinal mode of semiconductor laser continuously in the range of about 1 GHz. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 397314
• Report Number(s): CONF-950476--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 369; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
DIFFRACTION
FEEDBACK
LASER CAVITIES
LASER MIRRORS
MODE CONTROL
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
TUNING