The paper reviews the state-of-the-art of miniaturized tunable lasers constructed by
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, covering various topics of laser …

Tunability has added an important dimension to a variety of laser devices and led to new
systems and applications. From laser spectroscopy to Bose-Einstein condensation, the one …

This is the first book on tunable external cavity semiconductor diode lasers, providing an up-
to-date survey on the physics, technology, and performance of widely applicable coherent …

Optical performance monitoring is an indispensable feature for optical systems and
networks. In this paper, we propose the concept of optical performance monitoring through …

Continuous-wave (cw) cavity-ringdown (CRD) spectroscopy provides a highly sensitive way
to measure optical absorption by observing the decay rate of light from a high-finesse optical …

A novel mode-hop-free (MHF) tunable external cavity diode laser (ECDL) is demonstrated
without mechanical pivot-point tuning. By corotating a periscope with an etalon and a narrow …

Membrane external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (MECSELs) represent a cutting-edge
approach in pushing the performance boundaries of vertically emitting semiconductor …

A novel cavity ringdown spectrometer, incorporating a miniature continuous-wave swept-
frequency laser that is widely tunable, requires less than 1 s to record wide-ranging …

We have used two techniques-the beat spectrum method and the frequency noise spectrum
method-to measure linewidths of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based tunable …

Membrane external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (MECSELs) are at the forefront of pushing
the performance limits of vertically emitting semiconductor lasers. Their simple idea of using …