• DocumentCode
    1023688
  • Title

    Optical and electronic reduction of Rayleigh backscatter noise in fibre-coupled semiconductor diode lasers

  • Author

    Yurek, A. ; Dandridge, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    645
  • Lastpage
    647
  • Abstract
    Optical and electronic feedback techniques have been implemented to reduce the noise induced by Rayleigh backscatter in a semiconductor laser endfire-coupled to an optical fibre. An intensity noise reduction of 12 dB and a frequency noise reduction of 30 dB were observed.
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh scattering; feedback; fibre optic sensors; optical fibres; semiconductor junction lasers; Rayleigh backscatter noise; electronic feedback techniques; fibre optic sensor; fibre-coupled semiconductor diode lasers; frequency noise reduction; intensity noise reduction; optical feedback; semiconductor laser endfire-coupled;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19860442
  • Filename
    4256640