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Bare 150mW diode
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esmate
Figure 2.1: Samplelaserdiodepower-currentcharacteristiccurves, withand
withoutanexternalcavity. Theoutputpowerofadiodewithananti-reflection
coatingistypicallylow. Thestepsinthepowercurvearecausedmyvariation
in thefrequencyof theexternal cavityrelativeto thediodeintrinsiccavity mode,
and/or to the filter transmission peak.