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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 6 — Mar. 12, 2012
  • pp: 6286–6305

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Self-mixing in multi-transverse mode semiconductor lasers: model and potential application to multi-parametric sensing

L. Columbo, M. Brambilla, M. Dabbicco, and G. Scamarcio  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 6, pp. 6286-6305 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.006286


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Abstract

A general model is proposed for a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) with medium aspect ratio whose field profile can be described by a limited set of Gauss-Laguerre modes. The model is adapted to self-mixing schemes by supposing that the output beam is reinjected into the laser cavity by an external target mirror. We show that the self-mixing interferometric signal exhibits features peculiar of the spatial distribution of the emitted field and the target-reflected field and we suggest an applicative scheme that could be exploited for experimental displacement measurements. In particular, regimes of transverse mode-locking are found, where we propose an operational scheme for a sensor that can be used to simultaneously measure independent components of the target displacement like target translations along the optical axis (longitudinal axis) and target rotations in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis (transverse plane).

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OCIS Codes
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(120.3930) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Metrological instrumentation
(140.5960) Lasers and laser optics : Semiconductor lasers
(190.4420) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in
(280.3420) Remote sensing and sensors : Laser sensors
(280.4788) Remote sensing and sensors : Optical sensing and sensors

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: October 11, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 9, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: January 2, 2012
Published: March 5, 2012

Citation
L. Columbo, M. Brambilla, M. Dabbicco, and G. Scamarcio, "Self-mixing in multi-transverse mode semiconductor lasers: model and potential application to multi-parametric sensing," Opt. Express 20, 6286-6305 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-6-6286


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