Laser Diode Assembly Testing and Characterization.

Abstract

An investigation has been conducted to study the response of two Laser Diode Assembly (LDA) components over a range of nominal operating conditions. Each LDA was comprised of a multi-stripe gain guided laser diode array coupled to a length of multi-mode fiber. The components were tested over a temperature-current parameter space. The LDAs were modulated at a rate of 12.5 Mega Bits per Second with a 50% duty cycle. The results of this study could be used as a basis for a mitigation strategy to compensate for Bit Error Rates (BER) compromised by temperature variations and other effects for a spaceborne laser communications link.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 28, 1997
Accession Number
ADA332992

Entities

People

  • Amey R. Peltzer
  • G. Charmaine Gilbreath
  • Joshua H. Resnick
  • Michael R. Corson
  • Peter B. Rolsma

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electro-Optics
  • Electromagnetic Metamaterials
  • Electronics
  • Far Field
  • Generators
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Square Waves
  • Time Domain
  • Waveform Generators
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster