Title :
Characterization of a homemade external-cavity diode laser employing tapered amplifier
Author :
Park, Young-Ho ; Oh, Myoung-Kyu ; Kang, Hoonsoo
Author_Institution :
Adv. Photonics Res. Inst., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju, South Korea
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
An external-cavity diode laser employing tapered amplifier was built exploiting the high output power of tapered amplifier and the narrow spectral linewidth of external cavity configuration. An output power of 500 mW with the current of 2.5 A at the wavelength of 794 nm was achieved.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral line breadth; current 2.5 A; external cavity configuration; homemade external-cavity diode laser; laser output power; narrow spectral linewidth; power 500 mW; tapered amplifier; wavelength 794 nm; Diffraction; Diffraction gratings; Gratings; Optical feedback; Power amplifiers; Power generation; 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.2011.6193763
