Construction and Characterization of External Cavity Diode Lasers Based on a Microelectromechanical System Device

Widely tunable external cavity diode lasers (ECDLs) with a narrow linewidth have become a powerful tool for a variety of applications. The difficulty of the present generation of ECDLs is that they are designed as laboratory instruments and are limited due to their size, high costs, and sensitivity...

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Published in:IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics 2019-11, Vol.25 (6), p.1-9
Main Authors: Hoppe, Morten, Jimenez, Alvaro, Rohling, Hanna, Schmidtmann, Sebastian, Grahmann, Jan, Tatenguem, Herve, Milde, Tobias, Schanze, Thomas, Sacher, Joachim R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cavity resonators
Diffraction
Gratings
Laboratory equipment
Laser beams
laser tuning
Microelectromechanical devices
Microelectromechanical systems
Micromechanical devices
Mirrors
Semiconductor lasers
ultrafast optics
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Summary:Widely tunable external cavity diode lasers (ECDLs) with a narrow linewidth have become a powerful tool for a variety of applications. The difficulty of the present generation of ECDLs is that they are designed as laboratory instruments and are limited due to their size, high costs, and sensitivity to external influences. In this paper, we present our new ECDL design based on a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device. This design overcomes the previous drawbacks and offers an outstanding improvement of the most important properties. Moreover, it can be adapted to any wavelength of interest and by using MEMS technology, costs can be reduced.
ISSN:1077-260X
1558-4542
DOI:10.1109/JSTQE.2019.2912059