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Coherent Tuning of Semiconductor Laser Wavelength
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- Authors
- Sahng Gi Park, Ki Soo Kim, Su Hwan Oh, Hyun Sung Ko, Moon Ho Park
- Issue Date
- 2006-01
- Citation
- Optical Engineering, v.45, no.1, pp.1-4
- ISSN
- 0091-3286
- Publisher
- SPIE
- Language
- English
- Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- Coherent laser light was tuned by cumulative refraction of light waves a semiconductor laser cavity, while the wavelength of electroluminescence was not tuned by any noticeable amount. This effect is explained by the fact that the laser light has perfect spatial coherence, while the electroluminescence has a spatial coherence of ≈0.7 μm, smaller than the width of the wavefront. The refraction angle of 2.4 deg means that more than 16 triangular electrodes are involved in the refraction. This observation of coherent tuning may lead to a new optoelectronic device, a coherent filter, which filters out only coherent light from a coherent-incoherent mixture. © 2006 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
- KSP Keywords
- Coherent laser, Laser cavity, Laser light, Light waves, Optical instrumentation, Refraction angle, Semiconductor lasers, Spatial coherence, Triangular electrodes, laser wavelength, optoelectronic devices