Blue Laser Diode Wavelength Selection With a Variable Reflectivity Resonant Mirror

Byrd, Matthew J.; Woodward, Ryan H.; Pung, Aaron J.; Johnson, Eric; Lee, Kyu J.; Magnusson, Robert; Binun, Paul; McCormick, Kyle

doi:10.1109/lpt.2014.2351351

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“…For many applications such as absorption spectroscopy or optical communications, it is necessary to have a single frequency laser together with the possibility to adjust the lasing wavelength by means of external lasing mirrors . Avrutskii et al.…”

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Recent Advances in Resonant Waveguide Gratings

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Basset

Martin

et al. 2018

Laser & Photonics Reviews

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Resonant waveguide gratings (RWGs), also known as guided mode resonant (GMR) gratings or waveguide‐mode resonant gratings, are dielectric structures where these resonant diffractive elements benefit from lateral leaky guided modes from UV to microwave frequencies in many different configurations. A broad range of optical effects are obtained using RWGs such as waveguide coupling, filtering, focusing, field enhancement and nonlinear effects, magneto‐optical Kerr effect, or electromagnetically induced transparency. Thanks to their high degree of optical tunability (wavelength, phase, polarization, intensity) and the variety of fabrication processes and materials available, RWGs have been implemented in a broad scope of applications in research and industry: refractive index and fluorescence biosensors, solar cells and photodetectors, signal processing, polarizers and wave plates, spectrometers, active tunable filters, mirrors for lasers and optical security features. The aim of this review is to discuss the latest developments in the field including numerical modeling, manufacturing, the physics, and applications of RWGs. Scientists and engineers interested in using RWGs for their application will also find links to the standard tools and references in modeling and fabrication according to their needs.

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Recent Advances in Resonant Waveguide Gratings

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Basset

Martin

et al. 2018

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“…External cavities with GMRFs have successfully been demonstrated at infrared wavelengths [8]. Additionally, the GMRF discussed herein has been shown to lock GaN blue laser diodes at 445.7 nm [9]. However, the external cavity discussed in [9] contains only a single laser diode.…”

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Wavelength Selection and Polarization Multiplexing of Blue Laser Diodes

Byrd

Pung

Johnson

et al. 2015

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

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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.

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“…The latter can be pushed to 7 nm by using a liquidcrystal GMRF [45]. Blue laser diode have also been stabilized by a variable-reflectivity GMRF [46]. Poor angular tolerance inherent to GMRF can be overcome by a sophisticated design of the in-plane resonant structure in the so-called cavity resonator integrated guided mode filter configuration [47].…”

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Guided-mode resonance filter extended-cavity diode laser

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Oksenhendler²,

Pelloquin

et al. 2020

Laser Phys.

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We characterize a semiconductor external cavity diode laser whose optical feedback is provided by a guided mode resonance filter (GMRF). We focus on the spectral properties. The wavelength of operation falls in the telecom range (1506 nm). The GMRF acting both as a wavelength intracavity filter and feedback mirror allows for a compact laser design. The single-mode operation is verified in a wide range of driving currents. We finely tune the cavity length to adjust the frequency by 14 GHz without mode-hops in agreement with the expected free-spectral range of the resonator ∼20 GHz. The compactness of the cavity allows fast frequency sweeps when modulating the current (90 MHz/mA at 100 kHz, the modulation bandwidth). The frequency noise (366 kHz whitenoise contribution) is also analysed to evaluate the potential of our design for high-resolution applications.

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Blue Laser Diode Wavelength Selection With a Variable Reflectivity Resonant Mirror

Cited by 12 publications

References 17 publications

Recent Advances in Resonant Waveguide Gratings

Recent Advances in Resonant Waveguide Gratings

Wavelength Selection and Polarization Multiplexing of Blue Laser Diodes

Guided-mode resonance filter extended-cavity diode laser

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