The position of the emitting region of a laser diode depends on the working current. This phenomenon, as well as the polarization
of radiation, may influence the accuracy of linear measurements using such lasers.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, Vol. 30, No. 13, 2004, pp. 40–44.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Demkin, Dokov, Privalov.