Widely tunable GaSb-based external cavity diode laser emitting around 2.3 μm

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 1913-1915

  Geerlings, Eva ^a   Rattunde, M ^a   Schmitz, J ^a   Kaufel, G ^a   Zappe, H ^b   Wagner, J ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

External cavity; Fiber coupled; GaSb; Infrared diode laser; Tuning range

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL CAVITY; INFRARED DIODE LASER; TUNING RANGE;

LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TUNING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33749639106     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.881658     Document Type: Article

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