Coherent light generators – Particular beam control device – Tuning
Patent
1988-08-23
1990-01-23
Scott, Jr., Leon
Coherent light generators
Particular beam control device
Tuning
372 99, 372102, 372 38, 372 31, 372 29, H01S 310
Patent
active
048963259
ABSTRACT:
An improvement for allowing selective tuning of the emitted beam over a broad bandwidth to a diode laser having an active section for creating a light beam by spontaneous emission over a bandwidth around some center frequency and for guiding and reflecting the light beam between a pair of mirrors bounding the active on respective ends thereof to create an emitted beam of laser light. The mirrors each have narrow, spaced reflective maxima with the spacing of the reflective maxima of respective ones of the mirrors being different whereby only one the reflective maxima of each of the mirrors can be in correspondence and thereby provide a low loss window at any time. The preferred mirrors each include a plurality of discontinuities to cause the narrow, spaced reflective maxima wherein the spacing of the discontinuities of one mirror is different from the spacing of the discontinuities of the other mirror so as to cause the wavelength spacing of the maxima to be different. Additionally, the preferred embodiment includes a vernier circuit operably connected to the mirrors for providing an electrical signal to the mirrors which will cause continuous tuning within a desired frequency band, an offset control circuit operably connected to the mirrors for providing a voltage signal to the mirrors which will shift the reflective maxima of the mirrors into alignment at a desired frequency mode, and a phase control circuit for adjusting the laser mode wavelength to be in correspondence with the low loss window.
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Akiba et al.; "Self-Focusing Lens as Resonator enables 10 GHz Modulation"; Fiberoptic Technology Oct. 1981, p. 124.
Jr. Leon Scott
Streck Donald A.
The Regents of the University of California
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