Abstract
An interferometric technique was developed for detecting fast displacements of small areas in beam direction by less than \lambda/8 . It utilizes a modified Michelson interferometer and a He-Ne laser light source. The technique was applied to measure the temporal and spatial evolution of the thermal mirror deformation of a GaAs-Ga 1-x Al x As single heterostructure laser diode. A small spot on the facet of the laser diode formed one mirror of the interferometer. The other mirror was moved linearly with time by applying a ramp voltage to a piezoelectric transducer. The diode was pulsed during this motion. The local elongation of the laser diode was evaluated from the interferometer output signal. The measured elongation of the active region at a time 1 μs after a 150-ns pulse with current density 48 000 A/cm2was between 4 and 20 nm, indicating a temperature rise of 2-11\deg C. The smallest elongations detected were in the range of 0.5-1 nm. The measured values are in substantial agreement with theoretical expectations from thermal model calculations.
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