Stretching-tunable external-cavity laser locked by an elastic silicone grating

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 11982-11986

  Bertani, Stefano ^a   Jacobsson, Björn ^a   Laurell, Fredrik ^a   Pasiskevicius, Valdas ^a   Stjernström, Mårten ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; SILICONES; THIN FILMS;

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; MOULDING TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION GRATINGS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33845448612     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011982     Document Type: Article

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