A compact extended-cavity diode laser with a Littman configuration

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 280-283

  Park, Sang Eon ^a   Kwon, Taeg Yong ^b   Shin, Eun Joo ^b   Lee, Ho Seong ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diode laser; Extended cavity; External cavity diode laser (ECDL); Grating; Laser linewidth; Tuning range

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRON DEVICE MANUFACTURE; KINEMATICS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COMPACT EXTENDED CAVITY DIODE LASER; EXTENDED CAVITY; KINEMATIC MOUNT; LASER LINEWIDTH; LITTMAN CONFIGURATION; TUNING RANGE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0038236971     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.809912     Document Type: Article

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