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Linewidth narrowing of a DFB semiconductor laser at 1.55 μmby optical injection of an Er: ZBLAN microspherical laser

Lissillour et al., 2001

Document ID
704183813732379522
Author
Lissillour F
Gabet R
Féron P
Besnard P
Stéphan G
Publication year
Publication venue
Europhysics Letters

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An Er: ZBLAN microspherical laser has several laser lines around 1.55 μm with narrow bandwidths (50-100 kHz). Such a laser is used as a master laser to optically inject a slave DFB semiconductor laser. We show that the slave can be easily locked by one microsphere …
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