Broad-Area Laser Array Synchronization Using External Cavity

摘要

We present experimental results on the locking of a 19-broad-area semiconductor laser array using a novel design of external cavity containing a lens array, projection optics, and a diffractive grating. All lasers are locked to single longitudinal mode. Significant improvement of the spatial profile of the entire laser array output beam has been observed. The center lobe of the far-field pattern of the laser array shows a single wavelength which can be tuned over a range more than 10 nm. The proposed technology, can be applied to larger arrays including the stacked arrays.