External cavity laser with a vertically etched silicon blazed grating

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 120-122

  Lohmann, A ^a   Syms, R R A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External cavity; Grating; Microelectromechanical systems; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER RESONATORS; LASER TUNING; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER; VERTICALLY ETCHED SILICON BLAZED GRATING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0037245602     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.805762     Document Type: Article

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