Laser Tuning Based on Wavelength-Dependent Resonant Losses

Information

• NSF Award
• 9260412

Owner

• Lightwave Electronics Corporation

• Award Id

  9260412

• Award Effective Date

  1/1/1993 - 32 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/1993 - 31 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 49,643.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

Tuning the wavelength of lasers is basic to many uses of light. This research activity will develop a new mechanism for electronically tuning lasers. The objectives are to make more rapidly tunable lasers that are efficient and reliable. The tuning method is by suppressing unwanted longitudinal cavity modes, or equivalently unwanted wavelengths. The loss mechanism is based on a coupling between a laser cavity's fundamental transverse mode we wish to suppress and a higher- order higher-loss transverse mode of the same laser cavity. The coupling is by an acousto-optic modulator in the cavity. A successful Phase I and Phase II program will produce tunable continuously-emitting and pulsed lasers relevant to a wide range of research and measurement applications.

• Program Officer

  Darryl G. Gorman

• Min Amd Letter Date

  1/21/1993 - 32 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  1/21/1993 - 32 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  LIGHTWAVE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

• City

  MOUNTAIN VIEW

• State

  CA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  2400 CHARLESTON RD

• Postal Code

  940433163

• Phone Number

  4159620755

• First Name

  William

• Last Name

  Grossman

• Start Date

  1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99