TUNABLE EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER WITH ADJUSTABLE CAVITY LENGTH AND MODE-HOP SUPPRESSION

摘要

Tunable external cavity lasers are used in applications such as interferometry, FM spectroscopy, and optical communications equipment testing. Mode hop free high bandwidth frequency modulation operation is desired in a tunable external cavity laser. This application describes new and novel techniques for controlling the output wavelength of a tunable external cavity laser while suppressing mode hop.