Title :
Active wavelength control for external cavity quantum cascade laser
Author :
Tsai, Tracy R. ; Wysocki, Gerard
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present an active wavelength control method which ensures that all wavelength-selective elements of an external cavity semiconductor laser are spectrally aligned and the diffraction grating equation accurately predicts the laser operating frequency.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser cavity resonators; quantum cascade lasers; active wavelength control; diffraction grating equation; external cavity quantum cascade laser; spectrally aligned laser; Equations; Frequency modulation; Gratings; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
