@inproceedings{504d8ea177114a01860c6f8711d4a76f,
title = "Effects of liquid crystals on diffractive coupling in a diode laser external cavity",
abstract = "Using a seven-element gain-guided AlGaAs diode laser array, we have established an external cavity which relies on weak diffractive coupling for its operation. Collimation of the lasers is achieved using a binary-optics microlens array. A nematic liquid crystal phase modulator is placed in the image plane of the lenslet array to provide individual phase control of each laser stripe. We show that the liquid crystal phase modulator is capable of establishing partial coherence by independent adjustment of the laser optical path lengths.",
author = "Finlan, {J. Michael} and Hamilton, {Scott M.} and Leger, {James R.}",
year = "1990",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0819402605",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "Publ by Int Soc for Optical Engineering",
pages = "377--384",
editor = "Dan Botez and Luis Figueroa",
booktitle = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
note = "Laser-Diode Technology and Applications II ; Conference date: 16-01-1990 Through 19-01-1990",
}