Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 15, 1514006(2025)

976 nm External Cavity Diode Laser with High Beam Quality and Narrow Linewidth

Qinghao Zhao1,5, Di Xin4,5, Kai Gong4,5, Hai Wang2,3, Xuyan Zhou2, and Hongbo Zhang3、*
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  • 1College of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong , China
  • 2Laboratory of Solid-State Optoelectronics Information Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 3School of Optoelectronics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4College of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Jining 273165, Shandong , China
  • 5Weifang Academy of Advanced Opto-Electronic Circuits, Weifang 261021, Shandong , China
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    Traditional diode lasers typically suffer from large divergence angles and multi-mode operation at high power output, which limits their beam focusing capability and stability. This study employs a Littman-type external cavity diode laser structural model combined with classical multi-beam interference theory. A tapered diode laser is integrated with external optical components, including a transmission grating, a prism, and a flat mirror, to design and construct an external cavity diode laser capable of high beam quality and narrow linewidth laser output. When the wavelength is locked at 976 nm, the laser achieves an output power of 1.48 W, with a fast-axis beam quality factor of Mx2=1.41 and a slow-axis beam quality factor of My2=1.39. The linewidth is compressed from 10 nm in free-running operation to 0.24 nm. This laser exhibits high output power, excellent beam quality, and narrow linewidth characteristics, making it an ideal pump source for solid-state and fiber laser applications.

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    Qinghao Zhao, Di Xin, Kai Gong, Hai Wang, Xuyan Zhou, Hongbo Zhang. 976 nm External Cavity Diode Laser with High Beam Quality and Narrow Linewidth[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(15): 1514006

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Dec. 17, 2024

    Accepted: Jan. 20, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 4, 2025

    The Author Email: Hongbo Zhang (hbzhang@ucas.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP242432

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP242432

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