he paper describes a simple electronic circuit to drive a laser diode for self-mixing interferometry. The network integrates a stable commercial automatic power controller and a current mirror based readout of the interferometric signal. The first prototype version of the circuit has been realized and characterized. The system allows easily performing precise interferometric measurements with no thermostatic circuitry to stabilize the laser diode temperature and an automatic control gain network to compensate emitted optical power fluctuations. To achieve this result, in the paper a specific calibration procedure to be performed is described.

A simple readout electronics for automatic power controlled self-mixing laser diode systems / Cattini, Stefano; Rovati, Luigi. - In: REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. - ISSN 0034-6748. - STAMPA. - 79:8(2008), pp. 084704-084710. [10.1063/1.2969252]

A simple readout electronics for automatic power controlled self-mixing laser diode systems

CATTINI, Stefano;ROVATI, Luigi
2008

Abstract

he paper describes a simple electronic circuit to drive a laser diode for self-mixing interferometry. The network integrates a stable commercial automatic power controller and a current mirror based readout of the interferometric signal. The first prototype version of the circuit has been realized and characterized. The system allows easily performing precise interferometric measurements with no thermostatic circuitry to stabilize the laser diode temperature and an automatic control gain network to compensate emitted optical power fluctuations. To achieve this result, in the paper a specific calibration procedure to be performed is described.
2008
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8
084704
084710
A simple readout electronics for automatic power controlled self-mixing laser diode systems / Cattini, Stefano; Rovati, Luigi. - In: REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. - ISSN 0034-6748. - STAMPA. - 79:8(2008), pp. 084704-084710. [10.1063/1.2969252]
Cattini, Stefano; Rovati, Luigi
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