Recent Advances in Tunable External Cavity Diode Lasers
Applied SciencesA narrow linewidth tunable laser source is a critical component in various fields, including laser radar, quantum information, coherent communication, and precise measurement. Tunable external cavity diode lasers (ECDLs) demonstrate excellent performance,
Yan Wang, Yue Song
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Travelling-Wave Modeling of Dynamics of Ultrafast Reflective-Intracavity-Filter Tunable Fabry-Pérot Lasers for Optical Coherent Tomography [PDF]
, 2011 The dynamics of Fabry-Pérot external-cavity laser diodes frequency-swept at a high rate using a tunable intracavity filter are investigated by travelling-wave modelling. The effect of broad and narrow bandwidth filter properties and linewidth enhancement
Zhang, Lixiong
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Research on Silicon-Substrate-Integrated Widely Tunable, Narrow Linewidth External Cavity Lasers
Crystals, 2022 Widely tunable, narrow linewidth external cavity lasers on silicon substrates have many important applications, such as white-light interferometry, wavelength division multiplexing systems, coherent optical communication, and optical fiber sensor ...
Xuan Li +10 more
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A Novel Repetition Rate Adjustable SBS-Based Q-Switched Fiber Laser
IEEE Photonics Journal, 2020 We experimentally demonstrated a novel repetition rate adjustable SBS-based Q-switched fiber laser. An inserted Fabry-Perot interferometer formed by two non-contact end faces of two FC/PC fiber connectors was inserted to help the system stabilize ...
Shaodong Hou +7 more
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Characterization of wavelength tunable lasers for future optical communication systems [PDF]
, 2010 The use of tunable lasers (TL) in dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) networks for optical switching, routing and networking has gained a lot of interest in recent years.
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Wavelength tunable lasers in future optical communication systems [PDF]
, 2008 Monolithic tunable lasers (TL) have been an important component in dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) systems mainly because of their ability to reduce inventory costs associated with different part numbers for fixed wavelength distributed ...
Anandarajah, Prince M. +7 more
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Recent Advance in Tunable Single-Frequency Fiber Laser Based on Two-Dimensional Materials
Frontiers in Physics, 2021 Two-dimensional (2D) materials possess optoelectronic and nonlinear optical properties make them used in many fields such as optical modulator, optical switch, and single frequency (SF) fiber lasers as a saturable absorber (SA) in the laser cavity.
Zhe Wei +12 more
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Generation of widely tunable picosecond pulses with large SMSR by externally injecting a gain-switched dual laser source [PDF]
, 2004 The authors demonstrate a procedure of generating picosecond optical pulses that are tunable over a wide wavelength range (65 nm) and have very high spectral purity side-mode suppression ratio [(SMSR)>60 dB].
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Wide-bandwidth mode-hop-free tuning of extended-cavity GaN diode lasers [PDF]
, 2005 We present a new approach for extended-cavity diode-laser tuning to achieve wide mode-hop-free tuning ranges. By using a multiple piezoactuated grating mount, the cavity length and grating angle in the laser can be adjusted independently, allowing mode ...
Burns, I.S., Kaminski, C.F., Hult, J.
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Unlocking Spectral Versatility from Broadly−Tunable Quantum−Dot Lasers
Photonics, 2015 Wavelength−tunable semiconductor quantum−dot lasers have achieved impressive performance in terms of high−power, broad tunability, low threshold current, as well as broadly tunable generation of ultrashort pulses.
Stephanie E. White, Maria Ana Cataluna
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