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Analysis of laser source nonlinearity due to longitudinal mode-hopping

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The nonlinearity of a frequency-ramped single-mode laser source to be used in optical heterodyne interferometry has been investigated. The analysis is based on mode-hopping due to variation in injection current, temperature and mismatch reflections.

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    Russell B. Pillers & Banmali S. Rawat

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Pillers, R.B., Rawat, B.S. Analysis of laser source nonlinearity due to longitudinal mode-hopping. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 17, 1809–1820 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02069456

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