Title :
Electrical noise measurements on laser diodes for monitoring of optical feedback and mode hopping
Author :
Andrekson, Peter A. ; Andersson, Patrik ; Alping, Arne
Author_Institution :
Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Electrical Measurements, Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
By measuring the wideband electrical noise voltage at the diode terminal, several laser characteristics can be monitored entirely without optical equipment. The letter describes the application of electrical noise measurements to the study of longitudinal mode hopping and optical feedback-induced noise from, for example, optical fibres.
Keywords :
electric noise measurement; electron device noise; feedback; laser modes; laser variables measurement; monitoring; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor junction lasers; electrical noise measurements; laser diodes; longitudinal mode hopping; mode stability; monitoring; optical feedback-induced noise; optical fibres; semiconductor lasers; wideband electrical noise voltage;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860136
