Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 8, 081406(2011)
Beam steering of external cavity diode laser by an intracavity electro-optic ceramic deflector
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," Chin. Opt. Lett. 9, 081406 (2011)
Category: Lasers and Laser Optics
Received: Feb. 16, 2011
Accepted: Mar. 25, 2011
Published Online: Jun. 22, 2011
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