Features of a Self-Mixing Laser Diode Operating Near Relaxation Oscillation
When a fraction of the light reflected by an external cavity re-enters the laser cavity, both the amplitude and the frequency of the lasing field can be modulated.This phenomenon is called the self-mixing effect (SME).A self-mixing laser diode (SM-LD) is a sensor using the SME.Usually, such LDs operate below the stability boundary where no relaxati