Abstract
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.
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.