Please wait a minute...
Chin. Phys. B, 2025, Vol. 34(3): 034201    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ada434
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev  

An adjustment-free laser resonator based on micron-scale corner cube array

Pengyuan Chang(常鹏媛)1, Xinrong Huang(黄欣荣)1, Caolei Fu(傅曹雷)1, Aiping Liu(刘爱萍)1, Duo Pan(潘多)2†, Zhiyang Wang(王志洋)2, and Jingbiao Chen(陈景标)2,3
1 Institute of Quantum Information and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China;
2 State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Institute of Quantum Electronics, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 10087, China;
3 Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
Abstract  The topic of improving the mechanical stability of external cavity diode lasers (ECDLs) has recently attracted widespread attention and interest. The use of corner-cube-array (CCA)-based resonators provides a potential solution for this purpose, although continuous oscillation at super large incident angle remains challenging. In this work, we employ the CCA resonator to generate continuous oscillation within ±20° angular misalignment of cavity mirror in experiment. On the basis of retroreflection theory, the retroreflectivity of a CCA is analyzed by using optical simulation software. Notably, the experiment verifies the advantage of using a CCA over a plane mirror in laser resonator, thereby providing a promising approach for ECDLs. The threshold characteristic curves measured at different incident angles in the experiment verify that the CCA possesses an obvious anti-angle misalignment performance. This research introduces an alternative solution of using CCA resonator instead of parallel plane cavity, thereby realizing an adjustment-free ECDL with enhanced mechanical stability.
Keywords:  laser resonant cavity      corner cube array      external cavity diode laser      threshold curve  
Received:  20 October 2024      Revised:  11 December 2024      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  42.55.Px (Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes)  
  42.79.Bh (Lenses, prisms and mirrors)  
  42.15.Eq (Optical system design)  
Fund: The present work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20240613), Jiangsu Province’s “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Doctor” Program (Grant No. JSSCBS20230088), Natural Science Foundation of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Grant No. NY224123), Natural Science Research Start-up Foundation of Recruiting Talents of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Grant No. NY222112), Beijing Nova Program (Grant No. 20240484696), Wenzhou Major Science and Technology Innovation Key Project (Grant No. ZG2020046), and INNOVATION Program for Quantum Science and Technology (Grant No. 2021ZD0303200).
Corresponding Authors:  Duo Pan     E-mail:  panduo@pku.edu.cn

Cite this article: 

Pengyuan Chang(常鹏媛), Xinrong Huang(黄欣荣), Caolei Fu(傅曹雷), Aiping Liu(刘爱萍), Duo Pan(潘多), Zhiyang Wang(王志洋), and Jingbiao Chen(陈景标) An adjustment-free laser resonator based on micron-scale corner cube array 2025 Chin. Phys. B 34 034201

[1] Peck E R 1948 JOSA 38 1015
[2] Chu P B, Lo N R, Berg E C and Pister K S J 1997 Proceedings IEEE The Tenth Annual International Workshop on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, January 26-30 1997, Nagoya, Japan, IEEE, p. 350
[3] Zhou L X, Kahn J M and Pister K S J 2003 J. Microelectromech. Syst. 12 233
[4] Cheng Y, Wang X B, Sun B and Mao S Q 2000 Chin. J. Lasers 27 537 (in Chinese)
[5] Wang Z Y, Liu Z J, Miao J X, Shi H B, Qin X M, Guan X L, Zhang J, Chang P Y, Shi T T and Chen J B 2024 IEEE Photonics J. 16 1502809
[6] Zhang X N, Shen M J and Wang W W 2016 Opt. Instrum. 38 69(in Chinese)
[7] Barrett H H and Jacobs S F 1979 Opt. Lett. 4 190
[8] Yang G W, Zhang J W, Zhang J J, Bi M H, Chen T N, You S Z, Zhou X F, Wang T S, Li J and Geng H J 2020 J. Lightwave Technol. 39 1355
[9] Lou Y M, Wang H, Liu Q K, Shi Y C and He S L 2010 Appl. Opt. 49 5567
[10] Pi J and Shang K 2014 Acta Photon. Sin. 43 0423003(in Chinese)
[11] Yang G, Duan M H, Li Z Z and Chen J H 2022 Laser Optoelectron. Prog. 59 1308002(in Chinese)
[12] Zhou X F, Qi Z M, Luo X Q, Liu C A, Zhu J H, Wang Z H, Zhang Y and Zi Y Y 2016 Acta Phys. Sin. 66 084201(in Chinese)
[13] Degnan J J 2023 Photonics 10 1215
[14] He Y, Liu Q, He J J, Li M, Duan H Z, Ye X J and Luo J 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 100701
[15] Fan W, Zeng J, Gan Q Q, Ji D X, Song H M, Liu W Z, Shi L and Wu L M 2019 Sci. Adv. 5 eaaw8755
[16] Qi Y, Zhou C T, Niu W B, Zhang S F, Wu S L, Ma W and Tang B T 2020 Adv. Opt. Mater. 8 2001367
[17] Liu W B, Zhong M, Xia H J and Wen Y 2011 Laser Technol. 35 745 (in Chinese)
[18] Lv Y S, Xie P H, Xu J, Li Y T and Zhang H R 2024 Chin. Phys. B 33 014210
[19] Chang P Y, Chen Y L, Shang H S, Guan X L, Guo H, Chen J B and Luo B 2019 Appl. Phys. B 12 230
[20] Chang P Y, Peng H F, Zhang S N, Chen Z Y, Luo B, Chen J B and Guo H 2017 Sci. Rep. 7 8995
[21] Baillard X, Gauguet X, Bize S, Lemonde P, Laurent P, Clairon A and Rosenbusch P 2006 Opt. Commun. 266 609
[22] Thompson D J and Scholten R E 2012 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83 023107
[23] Eckhardt H 1971 Appl. Opt. 10 1559
[24] Lin J Z and Lin J Z (China Patent) CN202210237359.5[2022-12-07]
[25] Xu M Q, Liang G D and Xu J C (China Patent) CN201711432626.X
[2018-12-05]
[26] Lu Y J, Ran K and Wang Y T (China Patent) CN201410823342.3
[2017-01-25]
[27] Lv L, Liu M X and Chui X Y (China Patent) CN202011322105.0
[2021-12-02]
[28] Chen H B (China Patent) CN201910357893.8[2021-12-04]
[29] Ye C Y 2004 Tunable External Cavity Diode Lasers (Singapore:World Scientific)
[30] Su C B and Olshansky R 1983 Appl. Phys. Lett. 43 856
[1] Broad bandwidth interference filter-stabilized external cavity diode laser with narrow linewidth below 100 kHz
Guan-Zhong Pan(潘冠中), Bao-Lu Guan(关宝璐), Chen Xu(徐晨), Peng-Tao Li(李鹏涛), Jia-Wei Yang(杨嘉炜), Zhen-Yang Liu(刘振杨). Chin. Phys. B, 2018, 27(1): 014204.
[2] A 1550-nm linearly tunable CW single-mode external cavity diode laser based on a single-cavity all-dielectric thin-film Fabry–Pérot filter
Xiao Xiao (肖啸), Lu Yuan-Fu (鲁远甫), Yu Feng-Qi (于峰崎), Jin Lei (金雷). Chin. Phys. B, 2013, 22(7): 077802.
No Suggested Reading articles found!