Title :
Degradation due to catastrophic optical mirror damage in broad area laser diodes with optical feedback
Author :
Takiguchi, Yoshiro ; Asatsuma, Tsunenori ; Frederico, Sebastien ; Hirata, Shoji
Author_Institution :
Adv. Laser Technol. Dept., Sony Corp. Micro Syst. Network Co., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
The broad area laser diodes are damaged by the optical feedback. The collision and constructive interference between the internal optical field and that of feedback make an instantaneous hot spot at the front facet and causes the degradation and COMD. The catastrophic optical mirror damage limit of the laser is drastically reduced by the optical feedback.
Keywords :
laser beam effects; mirrors; optical feedback; semiconductor lasers; broad area laser diode; catastrophic optical mirror damage limit; collision interference; constructive interference; internal optical field; optical feedback; Degradation; Diode lasers; Laser feedback; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical feedback; Output feedback; Power generation; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567920
