Abstract

Coherence-collapsing feedback applied to a 1.3-μm multimode laser diode is shown to sufficiently decouple the longitudinal modes and broaden their linewidth that the laser becomes suitable for use in a low-drift depolarized fiber-optic gyroscope.

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