Surface Acoustic Wave Tuning for Lasers.

Abstract

A tunable laser using surface acoustic waves in the sides of a piezoelectric prism to provide two reflective diffraction gratings for tuning the resonant cavity. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 28, 1978
Accession Number
ADD005336

Entities

People

  • John P. Rahn
  • Richard S. Hughes

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Cavity Resonators
  • Diffraction
  • Elastic Waves
  • Gratings (Spectra)
  • Lasers
  • Mechanical Waves
  • Surface Acoustic Waves
  • Tunable Lasers
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy