NARROW-BAND FREQUENCY CONTROL OF AN INJECTION-LOCKED DIODE-LASER BATTERY

被引:7
作者
YU, J [1 ]
GAGNE, MC [1 ]
VALENTIN, C [1 ]
YUAN, RL [1 ]
PILLET, P [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV PARIS 11,AIME COTTON LAB 2,CNRS,F-91405 ORSAY,FRANCE
来源
JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE III | 1992年 / 2卷 / 09期
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10.1051/jp3:1992202
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We report the generalization of the optical injection locking procedure to a battery of high power diode lasers. To illustrate the principle, two 50 mW cw single-mode GaAlAs multiple quantum well structure diode lasers have been injection-locked to a low power cw single-mode diode laser. In the presence of a large number of slave lasers, the isolation of the master one becomes more critical, but the injection conditions are not changed dramatically. A typical locking bandwidth of 3 GHz is obtained for an injection power of 20 muW. Significant locking is still observed for 0.5 muW injection. Injection-locked high power laser beams can be obtained with RF range frequency offsets by injection through acousto-optical modulators, offering a large number of potential applications.
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页码:1615 / 1622
页数:8
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