Coupled-cavity diode lasers
Abstract
Various application of coupled-cavity configuration in controlling diode laser properties are reviewed. Coupling to a second cavity gives an additional degree of freedom that can be used to control the diode laser behavior. Two broad categories of coupled-cavity diode lasers can be defined: external-cavity and monolithic, depending whether the second cavity is discrete or monolithically integrated with the laser. Both schemes can be applied in a variety of applications, including longitudinal-mode control, transverse-mode control, wavelength tuning, static and dynamic linewidth control, mode locking, and optical bistability.
- Publication:
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Laser Resonators and Coherent Optics: Modeling, Technology, and Applications
- Pub Date:
- August 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.150614
- Bibcode:
- 1993SPIE.1868..220O
- Keywords:
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- Coupled Modes;
- Degrees Of Freedom;
- Laser Cavities;
- Semiconductor Lasers;
- Dynamic Control;
- Laser Stability;
- Optical Bistability;
- Lasers and Masers