Linewidth-tunable laser diode array for rubidium laser pumping

To optimise the pump source for a high-power diode-pumped rubidium vapour laser, we have designed a laser diode array (LDA) with a narrowed and tunable linewidth and an external cavity formed by two volume Bragg gratings (VBGs). Through controlling the temperature differences between the two VBGs, t...

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Published in:Quantum electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2013-01, Vol.43 (2), p.147-149
Main Authors: Li, Zhiyong, Tan, Rongqing, Xu, Cheng, Li, Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
BRAGG REFLECTION
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
GAS LASERS
GRATINGS
Holes
Laser arrays
Laser diodes
LASER RADIATION
Lasers
LIGHT EMITTING DIODES
OPTICAL PUMPING
Pumps
RUBIDIUM
Vapour
Wavelengths
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Summary:To optimise the pump source for a high-power diode-pumped rubidium vapour laser, we have designed a laser diode array (LDA) with a narrowed and tunable linewidth and an external cavity formed by two volume Bragg gratings (VBGs). Through controlling the temperature differences between the two VBGs, the LDA linewidth, which was 1.8 nm before mounting the two VBGs, was tunable from 100 pm to 0.2 nm, while the output power changed by no more than 4%. By changing simultaneously the temperature in both VBGs, the centre wavelength in air of the linewidth-tunable LDA was tunable from 779.40 nm to 780.05 nm.
ISSN:1063-7818
1468-4799
DOI:10.1070/QE2013v043n02ABEH014985