Dynamic L-I characteristics measurement of laser diodes for analyzing intermodulation distortion mechanism

Author

Yamada, H. ; Okuda, T. ; Torikai, T. ; Uji, T.

Author_Institution

Kansai Electron. Res. Lab., NEC Corp., Otsu, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

13-18 Oct. 1996

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

178

Abstract

A novel dynamic light-output versus current (L-I) characteristics measurement is proposed for analyzing intermodulation distortion in CATV link laser diodes (LDs). A good correlation is found between the dynamic L-I characteristics and the intermodulation distortion characteristics in LDs, enabling us to analyze the distortion mechanism in the LDs.

Keywords

cable television; intermodulation distortion; laser variables measurement; optical correlation; optical noise; optical testing; optical transmitters; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor lasers; CATV link laser diodes; correlation; distortion mechanism; dynamic L-I characteristics measurement; dynamic light-output versus current characteristics measurement; intermodulation distortion characteristics; intermodulation distortion mechanism; laser diodes; Current measurement; Diode lasers; Distortion measurement; Electric variables measurement; Frequency measurement; Frequency modulation; Intermodulation distortion; Nonlinear distortion; Nonuniform electric fields; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1996., 15th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Haifa, Israel

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3163-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISLC.1996.558797

Filename

558797