초록
상용 반도체 레이저 다이오드에 Littman형 외부공진기를 결합하여 파장기변 레이저 다이오드 시스템을 제작하였다. 0차 출력광은 단일종모드로 동작하여 CFP의 분해능인 9MHz이내의 선폭을 예상할 수 있었으며 다이오드 구동전류 140mA 및 동작온도 $25^{\circ}C$의 조건하에서 거울을 수동나사로 회전시키는 성긴 튜닝(coarse tuning)시 3.475nm 의 파장가변 범위를 보였으며 PZT(piezoelectric transducer)에 200Hz의 톱니파 전압을 인가해서 거울을 회전시키는 미세튜닝(fine tuning)시 0.042nm의 범위내에서 연속적인 파장가변이 가능하였다.
A Littman type tunable external-cavity diode laser system was developed. The laser output which is the Oth-order diffracted beam from a diffraction grating in an external cavity is a single longitudinal mode. Its FWHM was measured as less than 9 MHz. With the diode driving current of 140 mA and operating temperature of $25^{\circ}C$, the coarse tuning range of 3.475 urn was measured. A fine tuning experiment in which an external mirror was rotated by a PZT driven by a sawtooth wave was performed, and its tuning range of 0.042 urn was measured. sured.