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This paper gives an introduction to the basic principles of tunable laser diodes. Descriptions and discussions are provided for several categories of tunable lasers including: continuously tunable lasers, extended tuning range lasers and multiwavelength lasers.
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Buus, J. (1997). Tunable Laser Diodes. In: Prati, G. (eds) Photonic Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0979-2_9
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