Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 12, 121403(2021)

Non-mechanical beam scanner based on VCSEL integrated amplifier with resonant wavelength detuning design

Shanting Hu1,2、*, Xiaodong Gu2,3, Masanori Nakahama2,3, and Fumio Koyama2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
  • 2Institute of Innovative Research (IIR), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-R2-22 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
  • 3Ambition Photonics Inc., Yokohama 226-8510, Japan
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    Shanting Hu, Xiaodong Gu, Masanori Nakahama, Fumio Koyama, "Non-mechanical beam scanner based on VCSEL integrated amplifier with resonant wavelength detuning design," Chin. Opt. Lett. 19, 121403 (2021)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Apr. 12, 2021

    Accepted: Jun. 4, 2021

    Posted: Jun. 7, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 17, 2021

    The Author Email: Shanting Hu (hu.s.ab@m.titech.ac.jp)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.121403

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