Title :
Line-narrowing of injection lasers due to Rayleigh backscattering from optical fibre ring interferometer
Author :
Dianov, Evgeny M. ; Kuznetsov, A.V. ; Okhotnikov, Oleg G.
fDate :
9/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Linewidth reduction and frequency-hopping for a semiconductor laser due to Rayleigh backscattering from a fibre ring interferometer have been observed. The significant decrease of the frequency-hopping range caused by the resonant nature of such backscattering is shown
Keywords :
fibre optics; laser cavity resonators; light interferometers; semiconductor junction lasers; Rayleigh backscattering; frequency-hopping; injection lasers; line narrowing; linewidth reduction; optical fibre ring interferometer; semiconductor laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
