Optical feedback effects on the spectral linewidth of semiconductor laser sensors using self-mixing interference

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1717-1721

  Mourat, Grégory ^a,b,c   Servagent, Noël ^a,d,e,f   Bosch, Thierry ^a,g,h,i  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c Natl School of Engineering of Brest   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g INSA   (France)

^h EMN   (France)

ⁱ IEEE

Author keywords

Laser measurements; Optical feedback; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL FEEDBACK; SELF-MIXING INTERFERENCE; SPECTRAL LINEWIDTH;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032163679     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.709588     Document Type: Article

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