• DocumentCode
    752202
  • Title

    Bandwidth Measurement Method for Quasi-Monochromatic Light Sources

  • Author

    Domanski, Andrzej W. ; Budaszewski, Daniel ; Cieslak, Rafal ; Wolinski, Tomasz R.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Phys., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw, Poland
  • Volume
    58
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    2606
  • Lastpage
    2610
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a new method of quasi-monochromatic light source bandwidth measurement is presented. It is based on the depolarization of partially coherent light in birefringent crystals. The described method has been applied for various types of light sources to illustrate its strengths and limitations. The results of bandwidth measurements for a quasi-monochromatic laser diode at different diode currents are also presented.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; light polarisation; light sources; optical variables measurement; semiconductor lasers; bandwidth measurement method; birefringent crystals; diode currents; partially coherent light depolarization; quasi-monochromatic laser diode; quasi-monochromatic light sources; Bandwidth of light; depolarization of light; partial temporal coherence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.2009.2015637
  • Filename
    4840379