DocumentCode
411890
Title
A novel low-cost tunable laser using a tunable liquid-crystal subwavelength resonant grating filter
Author
Chang, Allan S.P. ; Tan, Hua ; Bai, Shufeng ; Wu, Wei ; Yu, Zhaoning ; Chou, Stephen Y.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
A novel tunable external cavity laser based on liquid crystal subwavelength resonant grating filter is demonstrated with 7 nm tuning range and over 30 dB side mode suppression ratio. It also exhibits easy assembly, high output power, and good stability.
Keywords
diffraction gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; liquid crystal devices; optical communication equipment; optical filters; side mode suppression ratio; tunable external cavity laser; tunable liquid-crystal subwavelength resonant grating filter; tuning range; Assembly; Filters; Gratings; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Liquid crystals; Power generation; Resonance; Stability; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-748-2
Type
conf
Filename
1298037
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