Alireza Khorsandi, Maryam Maleki,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (6-2013)
Abstract
In this research, tunability of a commercial diode laser has extended to about more than ± 11 nm using a V-shaped external-cavity fabricated around the laser. Although under normal condition it can be tuned up to about ± 4 nm just by changing its temperature and injection current. Such modified diode laser has then used in a difference-frequency generation (DFG) experimental setup as pump source in order to continuous tuning of the generated DFG spectrum up to about ± 100 nm from 4.76 m to 4.85 m in the mid-infrared region. An AgGaS2 crystal is used as nonlinear medium.