Title :
Stable two-wavelength oscillation from external-cavity laser diode incorporating cover glass etalons and its application to THz-wave generation
Author :
Kimoto, Takuya ; Fukui, Hidetoshi ; Wada, Kenji ; Matsuyama, Tetsuya ; Horinaka, Hiromichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Electron., Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
Stable two-wavelength oscillations from an external-cavity laser diode were achieved by incorporating cover glass etalons in the external-cavity. By focusing the two-wavelength outputs on a spiral photoconductive antenna, THz-waves were generated from the compact system.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical focusing; semiconductor lasers; terahertz wave generation; cover glass etalons; external cavity laser diode; optical focusing; spiral photoconductive antenna; terahertz wave generation; two-wavelength oscillation; Antennas; Diode lasers; Fiber optics; Glass; Optical saturation; Oscillators; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193874