• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 1, Issue 6, 06334 (2003)
Jianhong Ge1、*, Jun Chen1, Andreas Hermerschmidt2, and H. J. Eichler2
Author Affiliations
  • 1The State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027
  • 2Optisches Institut, Technische Universitat Berlin, Straβe des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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    Jianhong Ge, Jun Chen, Andreas Hermerschmidt, H. J. Eichler. Achieving single-lobed far-field patterns of broad area laser diode with external cavity feedback[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2003, 1(6): 06334 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We demonstrate a technique for single transverse mode operation of high-power broad area laser diode (BAL). In the experiment, the HR mirror is used as an external cavity mirror and the grating is used as a wavelength selective component. By tiling the HR mirror and the grating, the number of transverse modes oscillating in the cavity can be limited and the spectral bandwidth of the laser diode can be reduced. A single-lobed near diffraction-limited laser beam with the beam divergence (FWHM) of 0.43°, the spectral line-width of 0.7 nm and the output power of 350 mW are obtained. With the feedback, the power density of the output laser beam is increased 6 times in comparison with the free running.
    Jianhong Ge, Jun Chen, Andreas Hermerschmidt, H. J. Eichler. Achieving single-lobed far-field patterns of broad area laser diode with external cavity feedback[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2003, 1(6): 06334
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