This book systematically introduces the single frequency semiconductor laser, which is widely used in many vital advanced technologies, such as the laser cooling of atoms and atomic clock, high-precision measurements and spectroscopy, coherent optical communications, and advanced optical sensors. It presents both the fundamentals and characteristics of semiconductor lasers, including basic F-P structure and monolithic integrated structures; interprets laser noises and their measurements; and explains mechanisms and technologies relating to the main aspects of single frequency lasers, including external cavity lasers, frequency stabilization technologies, frequency sweeping, optical phase locked loops, and so on. It paints a clear, physical picture of related technologies and reviews new developments in the field as well. It will be a useful reference to graduate students, researchers, and engineers in the field.
The first book specifically focusing on single frequency semiconductor lasers
Presents clear physics pictures, from basic principles to characteristics, of related mechanisms for semiconductor lasers
Provides state-of-the-art and systematic reviews on semiconductor lasers and their related technologies
Zujie Fang
Laser coherence External cavity Distributed feedback Vertical cavity surface emitting Frequency stabilization Frequency sweeping Optical phase locked loop laser cooling of atoms Atomic clock measurements