A compact external cavity wavelength tunable laser without an intracavity etalon

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1191-1193

  Sato, K ^a   De Merlier, J ^a   Mizutani, K ^a   Sudo, S ^a   Watanabe, S ^a   Tsuruoka, K ^a   Naniwae, K ^a   Kudo, K ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

External cavity wavelength tunable laser (ECTL); Liquid crystal; Semiconductor laser; Tunable mirror

Indexed keywords

EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; EXTERNAL CAVITY; FIBER COUPLED; INTRACAVITIES; OUTPUT POWER; PHASE SECTION; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIOS; TUNABLE MIRRORS; TUNING RANGES; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE LASERS;

ETALONS; LASER TUNING; LASERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 34447328616     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.874717     Document Type: Article

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