Diode-pumped composite-cavity electrooptically tuned microchip laser

A diode-pumped composite-cavity electrooptically tuned microchip laser has been constructed that tunes up to 30 GHz. The laser incorporates a LiTaO/sub 3/ electrooptic tuning element with acoustic damping to provide linear voltage-to-frequency conversion with a tuning sensitivity of approximately=14 MHz/V at modulation frequencies from DC to >1.3 GHz.<
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