Title :
Using fibre gratings to stabilise laser diode wavelength under modulation for atmospheric lidar transmitters
Author :
Lord, S.M. ; Switzer, G.W. ; Krainak, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA, USA
fDate :
3/14/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report on the optical spectrum of a high power (150 mW) laser diode under large signal intensity modulation with feedback from an external cavity fibre grating. Single longitudinal facet mode operation was maintained for 6 kHz 1% and 3% duty cycle pulsed and 1 Mbit´s pseudonoise code modulation with extinction ratios as small as 0.01
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser frequency stability; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical radar; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; 1 Mbit/s; 150 mW; atmospheric lidar transmitters; duty cycle pulse; external cavity fibre grating; extinction ratios; fibre gratings; high power laser diode; large signal intensity modulation; laser diode wavelength stabilisation; modulation; optical spectrum; pseudonoise code modulation; single longitudinal facet mode operation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960353
