Extremely short external cavity lasers: The use of wavelength tuning effects in near field sensing

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4640, Issue , 2002, Pages 235-245

  Aikio, Janne K ^a   Kataja, Kari J ^a,b   Alajoki, Teemu ^a   Karioja, Pentti ^a   Howe, Dennis G ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremely short external cavity semiconductor laser; Optical data storage; Optical feedback; Surface profilometry; Tunable lasers; Wavelength tuning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PROFILOMETRY;

EXTREMELY SHORT EXTERNAL CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; NEAR FIELD SENSING; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; SURFACE PROFILOMETRY; WAVELENGTH TUNING EFFECTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0036029541     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.433253     Document Type: Article

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