High-Power 1.5-$\mu$ m Broad Area Laser Diodes Wavelength Stabilized by Surface Gratings

Autor: Jukka Viheriälä, Antti T. Aho, Topi Uusitalo, Heikki Virtanen, Mircea Guina
Přispěvatelé: Tampere University, Photonics, Research group: ORC
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
ISSN: 1041-1135
DOI: 10.1109/lpt.2018.2870304
Popis: Wavelength stabilization against temperature variation of high-power broad area 1.5 μm InGaAsP/InP laser diodes is demonstrated by employing surface gratings. The development targets application in eye-safe automotive LIDAR systems, which would benefit from deploying narrow band receiver filters to block ambient solar radiation for improved signal-to-noise ratio. The surface grating is monolithically integrated on the laser chip using nanoimprint lithography. The peak power of the lasers exceeded 6 W in pulsed mode, for a FWHM spectral width of 0.3 nm, and a peak wavelength drift of only 0.1 nm/°C. The wavelength shift with temperature is reduced by five times compared to broad area high-power Fabry-Perot laser diodes typically employed in LIDAR systems. publishedVersion
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