Coherence‐selectable operation of external‐cavity semiconductor diode laser by intracavity polarisation control

M Hyodo, A Kawakami, S Saito, M Watanabe… - Electronics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
M Hyodo, A Kawakami, S Saito, M Watanabe, M Adachi
Electronics Letters, 2015Wiley Online Library
The operation of an external‐cavity semiconductor diode laser with selectable coherence
and a tunable wavelength has been successfully demonstrated through the control of the
intracavity polarisation state. The laser has an intracavity half‐wave plate that is able to
rotate the orientation of the polarisation axis with regard to diffraction grating, where the
grating acts as a polarisation‐and wavelength‐selective element. As a result, it was possible
to continuously sweep the correlation widths from 230 kHz to 2.0 MHz by simply rotating the …
The operation of an external‐cavity semiconductor diode laser with selectable coherence and a tunable wavelength has been successfully demonstrated through the control of the intracavity polarisation state. The laser has an intracavity half‐wave plate that is able to rotate the orientation of the polarisation axis with regard to diffraction grating, where the grating acts as a polarisation‐ and wavelength‐selective element. As a result, it was possible to continuously sweep the correlation widths from 230 kHz to 2.0 MHz by simply rotating the half‐wave plate.
Wiley Online Library
Showing the best result for this search. See all results