Title :
Electronically tunable external-cavity semiconductor laser
Author :
Coquin, G.A. ; Cheung, K.W.
Author_Institution :
Bell Commun. Res., Morristown Res. & Eng. Centre, NJ, USA
fDate :
5/12/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors have demonstrated electronic tunability of 35 nm in an external cavity GaAs semiconductor laser by using an acousto-optic (AO) tunable filter and an AO modulator inside the cavity. Tuning is accomplished by varying only the drive frequency of the AO devices
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; acousto-optical devices; gallium arsenide; laser tuning; semiconductor junction lasers; GaAs; acoustooptic modulator; acoustooptic tunable filter; drive frequency; electronic tunability; external-cavity semiconductor laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
