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viii Contents

Norman P. Barnes
1. Introduction 293
2. Parametric Interactions 297
3. Parametric Oscillation 301
4. Spectral Bandwidth and Acceptance Angles 306
5. Birefringence Effects 3 14
6. Average Power Limitations 3 17
7. Nonlinear Crystals 321
8. Phase-Matching Calculations 328
9. Performance 334
10. Tuning 343
References 345

Tunable External-Cavity
Semiconductor Lasers
Paul Zorabedian

1. Introduction 349
2. Semiconductor Optical Gain Media 352
3. Classes of External-Cavity Lasers 368
4. First-Order Properties 370
5. Feedback Model 375
6. External-Cavity Design 377
7. Cavity Components 383
8. Survey of External-Cavity Laser Designs 398
9. Mode Selectivity of Grating Cavities 407
10. Phase-Continuous Tuning 409
11. Characterization Methods for External-Cavity
Lasers 412
12. Measurement of Facet and External-Cavity
Reflectances 4 12
13. Multimode Suppression 417
14. Multiple-Wavelength Operation 420
15. Wavelength Stabilization 42 1
16. Advanced Modeling Topics 422
17. Construction and Packaging 427
18. Applications 430
References 435