A micromachined tunable coupled-cavity laser for wide tuning range and high spectral purity

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 16670-16679

  Cai, H ^a   Liu, B ^a   Zhang, X M ^b   Liu, A Q ^a   Tamil, J ^a   Bourouina, T ^c   Zhang, Q X ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c ESIEE PARIS   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

ACTIVE ADJUSTMENTS; COUPLED-CAVITY LASERS; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; HIGH SPECTRAL PURITY; MICROMACHINING TECHNOLOGIES; MODE INSTABILITIES; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIOS; SINGLE LONGITUDINAL MODE OUTPUT;

TUNING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MINIATURIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54249097395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016670     Document Type: Article

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