Mode selection and phase locking of sidelobe emitting semiconductor laser arrays using an external cavity with a narrow-bandwidth volume grating

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6456, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Riyopoulos, Spilios ^a   Venus, G ^b   Glebov, L ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY GEOMETRY; EIGENMODES; GRATING REFLECTION BANDWIDTH; TRANSVERSE WAVENUMBERS;

BANDWIDTH; LASER MODES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 34247390487     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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