Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Optical feedback effects in cw injection lasers

Journal Article · · Appl. Opt.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.17.002233· OSTI ID:6644538
A laser diode can simultaneously function as a light source and detector of its own radiation. The addition of a reflecting surface external to the laser produces changes in the laser output power, the current at constant voltage, and the voltage drop across the laser at constant current. The optical feedback reduces the gain necessary to reach the lasing threshold thus increasing the power output at a given dc current level. In this paper we describe the effects of such feedback on the operating characteristics of cw oxide defined stripe AlGaAs lasers.
Research Organization:
RCA Laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
OSTI ID:
6644538
Journal Information:
Appl. Opt.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Opt.; (United States) Vol. 17:14; ISSN APOPA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Vertical cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser with CW injection laser pumping
Journal Article · Wed Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1990 · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA) · OSTI ID:6923434

Lasing characteristics of distributed-feedback GaAs--GaAlAs diode lasers with separate optical and carrier confinement
Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1976 · IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States) · OSTI ID:7319740

Low-threshold gain-guided coupled-stripe quantum well diode lasers by laser-assisted processing
Journal Article · Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States) · OSTI ID:6410718