WAVELENGTH TUNING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER USING NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Citation
B. Wacogne et al., WAVELENGTH TUNING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER USING NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS, IEEE journal of quantum electronics, 29(4), 1993, pp. 1015-1017
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
ISSN journal
00189197
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1015 - 1017
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9197(1993)29:4<1015:WTOASU>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report a single frequency, extended cavity laser diode operating at 1500 nm wavelength and using an intracavity liquid cell wavelength fi lter to tune the wavelength over 6 nm by mode hopping. Continuous tuni ng over the free spectral range of the cavity is also demonstrated.