Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 8, 081406(2011)

Beam steering of external cavity diode laser by an intracavity electro-optic ceramic deflector

Min Gao1,2, Qing Ye1, Zuoren Dong1, Zhenglan Bian1,2, Zujie Fang1, Haiwen Cai1, and Ronghui Qu1
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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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    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.

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    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[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(8): 081406

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Feb. 16, 2011

    Accepted: Mar. 25, 2011

    Published Online: Jun. 22, 2011

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    DOI:10.3788/COL201109.081406

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