Volume holographic grating wavelength stabilized laser diodes

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 672-678

  Steckman, Gregory J ^a,b   Liu, Wenhai ^b   Platz, René ^c   Schroeder, Dominic ^c   Moser, Christophe ^a,b   Havermeyer, Frank ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Ondax Inc   (United States)

^c JENOPTIK Laserdiode GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser resonators; Laser stability; Laser thermal factors; Volume holographic gratings (VHGs)

Indexed keywords

LASER STABILITY; LASER THERMAL FACTORS; VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS (VHG);

LASER RESONATORS; LINEWIDTH; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; STABILIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVELENGTH;

HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS;

EID: 34250732353     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896060     Document Type: Article

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