Tunable external-cavity diode laser based on integrated waveguide structures

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2229-2234

  Repasky, Kevin S ^a   Williams, Jennifer D ^a   Carlsten, John L ^a   Noonan, Elizabeth J ^b   Switzer, Gregg W ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AdvR   (United States)

Author keywords

Electro optic devices; External cavity diode lasers; Tunable lasers; Waveguide structures

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIFFUSION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FEEDBACK; INTEGRATED OPTICS; IONS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RUBIDIUM; SUBSTRATES;

BRAGG GRATINGS; INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE; ION DIFFUSION; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE; TUNABLE EXTERNAL-CAVITY DIODE LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0141518340     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1590319     Document Type: Article

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