Title :
Widely tunable optically pumped mid-IR DFB laser
Author :
He, Xiang ; Benoit, Steve ; Brueck, S.R.J. ; Kaspi, R.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
A new method has been developed to fabricate chirped grating for type-II optically pumped tunable DFB lasers with a reduced longitudinal variation. Over 80 nm of continuous tuning has been achieved around 3.1 μm.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; distributed feedback lasers; gallium compounds; indium compounds; infrared spectra; laser tuning; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; InAs:GaSb; chirped grating; continuous tuning; mid-infrared laser; reduced longitudinal variation; type-II optically pumped tunable DFB lasers; widely tunable optically pumped laser; Chirp; Gratings; Optical pumping; Power generation; Pump lasers; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
