Title :
Experimental investigation of stability properties for a semiconductor laser with optical feedback
Author :
Osmundsen, J.H. ; Tromborg, Bjarne ; Olesen, Henning
Author_Institution :
Technical University of Denmark, Electromagnetics Institute, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
The stability limits for a semiconductor laser exposed to optical feedback have been measured as a function of the feedback level and the phase of the reflected field. The experimental results are in good agreement with a detailed theoretical analysis. They include a determination of the absolute feedback level in a practical set-up and of the R-parameter, which for the actual laser is found to be ¿3.0 ± 0.3.
Keywords :
feedback; laser frequency stability; semiconductor junction lasers; R-parameter; optical feedback; reflected field phase; semiconductor laser; stability properties;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830725
