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Applied Physics 2023
可调谐外腔半导体激光器研究进展
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Abstract:
可调谐外腔半导体激光器具有调谐范围宽、线宽窄、输出功率高、单模输出等优良特性，在白光干涉测量技术、波分复用系统、相干光通信、光纤传感等领域有着广泛的应用。本文首先介绍了可调谐外腔半导体激光器的基本原理, 对衍射光栅结构、光纤布拉格光栅结构、波导结构三种主要的TECDL结构进行了详细的综述和比较。阐述了各种可调谐外腔半导体激光器的国内外发展状况，分析了不同外腔结构的优缺点，最后总结可调谐外腔半导体激光器的不足，展望了可调谐外腔半导体激光器的发展前景。
Tunable external cavity semiconductor lasers have excellent characteristics such as wide tuning range, narrow linewidth, high output power, single mode output, etc., which have a wide range of applications in the fields of white light interferometry, wavelength-division multiplexing sys-tems, coherent optical communication, fiber optic sensing and so on. This paper first introduces the basic principle of tunable external cavity semiconductor laser and three main structures of TECDLs are reviewed and compared in detail, such as diffraction grating structure, fiber Bragg grating structure, and waveguide structure. Then describes the domestic and international development status of various tunable external cavity semiconductor lasers, analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the different external cavity structures, and finally summarizes the shortcomings of tunable external cavity semiconductor lasers, and looks forward to the prospect of tunable external cavity semiconductor lasers development.
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