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J. Phys. III France
Volume 2, Numéro 9, September 1992
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| Page(s) | 1615 - 1622 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp3:1992202 | |
J. Phys. III France 2 (1992) 1615-1622
Narrowband frequency control of an injection-locked diode-laser battery
J. Yu, M.-C. Gagné, C. Valentin, R.-L. Yuan and P. PilletLaboratoire Aimé Cotton, C.N.R.S. II, Bâtiment 505, Campus d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
(Received 23 January 1992, accepted 30 March 1992)
Abstract
We report the generalization of the optical injection locking procedure to a battery of high power diode lasers. To illustrate
the principle, two 50 mW cw single-mode GaAlAs multiple quantum well structure diode lasers have been injection-locked to
a low power cw single-mode diode laser. In the presence of a large number of slave lasers, the isolation of the master one
becomes more critical, but the injection conditions are not changed dramatically. A typical locking bandwidth of 3 GHz is
obtained for an injection power of 20
W. Significant locking is still observed for 0.5
W injection. Injection-locked high power laser beams can be obtained with RF range frequency offsets by injection through
acousto-optical modulators, offering a large number of potential applications.
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