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Investigations of mode beat frequencies of external cavity semiconductor lasers

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We present comprehensive studies on cavity parameter dependencies of the mode beat frequencies of external-cavity semiconductor lasers realized by quantum dot- and quantum cascade-active gain media. The observed deviation of the mode beat frequency dependence on cavity length from a simple one-over-length law can be fully explained by considering the Anthony E. Siegman three-mirror cavity model description.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Mathieu Carras and his team (III–V lab Paris) for the extremely nice QCLs and both, Igor Krestnikov (Innolume Dortmund, Germany) and Michel Krakowski (III–V Lab) and their team for the QDLs which originate from the FAST-DOT Integrated Project. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under grant EL 105/18.

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  1. Institut für Angewandte Physik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstrasse 7, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany

    Britta Leonhäuser-Rein, Lukas Drzewietzki, Florian Schad & Wolfgang Elsäßer

  2. Center of Smart Interfaces, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstrasse 32, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    Wolfgang Elsäßer

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Leonhäuser-Rein, B., Drzewietzki, L., Schad, F. et al. Investigations of mode beat frequencies of external cavity semiconductor lasers. Appl. Phys. B 113, 215–220 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5459-5

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