Near-IR tunable laser with an integrated LiTaO3 electro-optic deflector.
We report the successful demonstration of a near-IR tunable laser (1525.4-1558.2 nm) that uses an integrated LiTaO3 deflector in combination with a reflection grating as an electronically tunable filter. The electro-optic deflector is a unique integrated optical device and consists of a horn-shaped array of electro-optic prisms in series. The almost 33 nm of tuning covers a wavelength region of high interest to the communications industry (1527-1550 nm).
Casson
Joanna L
JL
Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87106, USA. casson@lanl.gov
Wang
Li
L
Libatique
Nathaniel J C
NJ
Jain
Ravinder K
RK
Scrymgeour
David A
DA
Gopalan
Venkatraman
V
Gahagan
Kevin T
KT
Sander
Robert K
RK
Robinson
Jeanne M
JM