Abstract

Using simple optical components and an unmodified commercial semiconductor laser, a frequency-selective self-aligning optical-feedback technique has been devised that allows a semiconductor laser to be tuned to and scanned about any optical frequency within the laser gain curve. This technique employs a graded-index rod lens cat’s eye and an intracavity étalon.

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