High power 7-GHz bandwidth external-cavity diode laser array and its use in optically pumping singlet delta oxygen
Author(s) -
Lei Meng,
Boris Nizamov,
Pratheepan Madasamy,
Jason K. Brasseur,
Tom Henshaw,
David K. Neumann
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.010469
Subject(s) - optics , laser , materials science , full width at half maximum , bandwidth (computing) , grating , diode , optoelectronics , tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy , vertical cavity surface emitting laser , tunable laser , physics , telecommunications , computer science
Using a 14-mm thick volume Bragg grating, spectral bandwidth of a cw-operated diode laser array is narrowed to 7 GHz (FWHM). Total output power reaches 13.5 W cw, of which 86% is in the 7-GHz band. With such a narrow bandwidth, it is possible to temperature tune laser frequency across O(2) X(3)Pi --> b(1)Sigma(+) absorption line at 763.8 nm, efficiently generating O(2)((1)Delta) molecules.
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