DocumentCode
3265227
Title
Laser impedance independent optical carrier lifetime measurements
Author
Pikal, Jon M. ; Menoni, Carme S. ; Temkin, H. ; Thiagarajan, P. ; Robinson, G.Y.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1997
fDate
10-13 Nov 1997
Firstpage
140
Abstract
Carrier lifetime measurements are an important tool for studying the properties of semiconductor lasers. We present, for the first time, an approach to determining the differential lifetime of quantum well lasers which consists of adding an impedance stabilization circuit to the traditional small signal optical response technique, thus providing a constant current modulation regardless of the laser impedance
Keywords
carrier lifetime; laser variables measurement; quantum well lasers; carrier lifetime measurement; current modulation; impedance stabilization circuit; laser impedance; quantum well laser; semiconductor laser; small signal optical response; Charge carrier lifetime; Current measurement; Electric variables measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Frequency; Impedance measurement; Optical crosstalk; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Resistors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3895-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645311
Filename
645311
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