SINGLE FREQUENCY ELECTROOPTICAL TUNING OF AN EXTENDED CAVITY DIODE-LASER AT 1500 NM WAVELENGTH

被引:9
作者
GOEDGEBUER, JP
GURIB, S
PORTE, H
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[1] Laboratoire d'Optique P.M. Duffieux, UA CNRS 214, Université de Franche-Comté
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10.1109/3.135290
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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
We report a wavelength tunable, single frequency GaInAsP-InP laser diode using an intracavity electrooptic LiNbO3 crystal as the wavelength selective component. Wavelength tuning is achieved by applying a driving voltage on the crystal electrodes. First results indicate a tuning rate of 1 GHz/V over a tuning range of about 4 nm. This performance was obtained using a nonoptimized X-cut, Z-propagating LiNbO3 crystal. A potential tuning rate of 6.5 GHz/V is possible with reasonable improvements.
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