• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 9, Issue 8, 081406 (2011)
Min Gao1,2, Qing Ye1, Zuoren Dong1, Zhenglan Bian1,2..., Zujie Fang1, Haiwen Cai1 and Ronghui Qu1|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201109.081406 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Min Gao, Qing Ye, Zuoren Dong, Zhenglan Bian, Zujie Fang, Haiwen Cai, Ronghui Qu, "Beam steering of external cavity diode laser by an intracavity electro-optic ceramic deflector," Chin. Opt. Lett. 9, 081406 (2011) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A novel beam-steering external cavity diode laser using an intracavity lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT) electro-optic ceramic deflector is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The laser consists of a semiconductor laser with single mode fiber coupled output, polarization controller, PLZT electro-optic ceramic deflector, and output concave mirror. By applying proper driven electrical signals on the PLZT electro-optic deflector, the beam deflection angle achieves 5.8 mrad at 1 000 V. A high-speed beam-steering property with less than 120-ns switching time is also observed. Moreover, a good beam quality with Gaussian spatial profile and a linear polarization state are obtained.
    Min Gao, Qing Ye, Zuoren Dong, Zhenglan Bian, Zujie Fang, Haiwen Cai, Ronghui Qu, "Beam steering of external cavity diode laser by an intracavity electro-optic ceramic deflector," Chin. Opt. Lett. 9, 081406 (2011)
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