Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 2, 021407(2022)
Design and fabrication of a compact, high-performance interference-filter-based external-cavity diode laser for use in the China Space Station
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Lingqiang Meng, Pengyang Zhao, Fanchao Meng, Long Chen, Yong Xie, Yikun Wang, Wei Bian, Jianjun Jia, Tao Liu, Shougang Zhang, Jianyu Wang, "Design and fabrication of a compact, high-performance interference-filter-based external-cavity diode laser for use in the China Space Station," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 021407 (2022)
Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics
Received: Oct. 14, 2021
Accepted: Nov. 10, 2021
Published Online: Dec. 1, 2021
The Author Email: Long Chen (chenlong@ntsc.ac.cn), Jianyu Wang (jywang@mail.sitp.ac.cn)