Title :
Wavelength Selection and Polarization Multiplexing of Blue Laser Diodes
Author :
Byrd, Matthew ; Pung, Aaron ; Johnson, Eric ; Lee, Kyu ; Magnusson, Robert ; Binun, Paul ; McCormick, Kyle
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
Abstract :
An external laser cavity was constructed that utilizes polarization multiplexing to combine the emission from two gallium nitride blue laser diodes. A polarization-dependent narrow-band resonant mirror was designed to be the output coupler of this cavity, which locked both laser diodes at a fixed wavelength of 445.5 nm with a line-width of <0.5 nm. Output powers from this system approached 0.7 W while maintaining complete spectral control.
Keywords :
Cavity resonators; Diode lasers; Gallium nitride; Gratings; Laser beams; Multiplexing; Semiconductor lasers; Resonant gratings; polarization multiplexing; semiconductor lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2015.2455876
