Title :
Spectral Narrowing and Locking of Vertical External-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers Using a Volume Bragg Grating
Author :
Giet, S. ; Sun, H.D. ; Calvez, S. ; Dawson, M.D. ; Suomalainen, S. ; Harkonen, A. ; Guina, A. Harkonen M ; Okhotnikov, O.G. ; Pessa, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics, Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow
Abstract :
We demonstrate that using a volume Bragg grating as an output coupler in a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser which is thermally managed using an intra-cavity diamond heatspreader improves and locks its spectral characteristics
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical fibre couplers; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; intra-cavity diamond heatspreader; output coupler; spectral characteristics; spectral locking; spectral narrowing; thermal management; vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers; volume Bragg grating; Bragg gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical surface waves; Semiconductor lasers; Spectroscopy; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278865
