• DocumentCode
    2106601
  • Title

    An External Cavity Tunable Laser with a Low-Loss Narrowband MEMS Tunable Blazed Grating

  • Author

    Antoine, Christophe ; Li, Xiang ; Sesko, David ; Solgaard, Olav

  • Author_Institution
    Stanford Univ., Stanford
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    834
  • Lastpage
    835
  • Abstract
    An external cavity laser using a stationary tunable blazed grating (TBG) with -0.7 dB reflection loss and 0.4 nm passband is tuned over the 5.4 nm grating free spectral range. Continuous tuning is also established.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; laser tuning; micro-optics; micromechanical devices; semiconductor lasers; continuous tuning; diffraction gratings; diode tunable lasers; external cavity tunable laser; grating free spectral range; low-loss narrowband MEMS tunable blazed grating; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Micromechanical devices; Narrowband; Optical tuning; Solid lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Diffraction gratings; diode tunable lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382667
  • Filename
    4382667