Compact single mode tunable laser using a digital micromirror device

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 14642-14652

  Havermeyer, Frank ^a   Ho, Lawrence ^a   Moser, Christophe ^b  

^a Ondax Inc   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

CONTINUOUS-WAVE TERAHERTZ; DIGITAL MICRO-MIRROR DEVICE; MICROMIRROR DEVICES; MULTI-COLORS; MW OUTPUT; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE MODE OPERATION; SWITCHING RATES; TIME CONSTANTS; TUNABLE EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER; VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

LASER TUNING;

EID: 79960517469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.014642     Document Type: Article

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