Tunable Narrow Linewidth External Cavity Diode Laser Employing Wide Interference Filter and Diffraction Grating
Abstract
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Experimental Setup
3. Spectral Linewidth
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Tunable Optical Spectra
4.2. The Linewidth
4.3. The Threshold Current
4.4. The Side Mode Suppression Ratio
4.5. The Output Power
5. Conclusions
6. Patents
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Wavelength (nm) | 1525 | 1535 | 1545 | 1555 | 1565 |
The SMSR with filter (dB) | 55 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 55 |
The SMSR without filter (dB) | 54 | 52 | 55 | 54 | 55 |
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Wang, Y.; Ding, K.; Wu, H.; Zhao, T.; Wu, Y.; Cui, Q.; Chen, Y.; Lei, Y.; Qin, L. Tunable Narrow Linewidth External Cavity Diode Laser Employing Wide Interference Filter and Diffraction Grating. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 10790. https://doi.org/10.3390/app131910790
Wang Y, Ding K, Wu H, Zhao T, Wu Y, Cui Q, Chen Y, Lei Y, Qin L. Tunable Narrow Linewidth External Cavity Diode Laser Employing Wide Interference Filter and Diffraction Grating. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(19):10790. https://doi.org/10.3390/app131910790
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Yan, Keke Ding, Hao Wu, Tianye Zhao, Yanyan Wu, Qiang Cui, Yongyi Chen, Yuxin Lei, and Li Qin. 2023. "Tunable Narrow Linewidth External Cavity Diode Laser Employing Wide Interference Filter and Diffraction Grating" Applied Sciences 13, no. 19: 10790. https://doi.org/10.3390/app131910790
APA StyleWang, Y., Ding, K., Wu, H., Zhao, T., Wu, Y., Cui, Q., Chen, Y., Lei, Y., & Qin, L. (2023). Tunable Narrow Linewidth External Cavity Diode Laser Employing Wide Interference Filter and Diffraction Grating. Applied Sciences, 13(19), 10790. https://doi.org/10.3390/app131910790