A birefringent etalon as single-mode selector in a laser cavity

doi:10.1364/OPEX.12.002365

Optics Express

Editor: Michael Duncan
Vol. 12, Iss. 11 — May. 31, 2004
pp: 2365–2370

A birefringent etalon as single-mode selector in a laser cavity

Kyle Gardner, Richard Abram, and Erling Riis »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 12, Issue 11, pp. 2365-2370 (2004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.12.002365

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Abstract

A novel technique is demonstrated for stabilizing an intra-cavity etalon used for single-mode selection in a laser cavity. By appropriate polarization analysis of the reflection from an etalon designed as a quarterwave plate an electronic signal can be derived, that enables the implementation of an electronic stabilization scheme. This scheme obviates the need for any modulation of the etalon in order to ensure stable single mode operation of a cw tunable laser.

OCIS Codes
(140.3570) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, single-mode
(140.3600) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, tunable
(230.5440) Optical devices : Polarization-selective devices
(260.1440) Physical optics : Birefringence

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Original Manuscript: April 22, 2004
Revised Manuscript: May 11, 2004
Published: May 30, 2004

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Kyle Gardner, Richard Abram, and Erling Riis, "A birefringent etalon as single-mode selector in a laser cavity," Opt. Express 12, 2365-2370 (2004)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-12-11-2365

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Appl. Opt.

S.A. Collins and G.R. White, �??Interferometer laser mode selector,�?? Appl. Opt. 2, 448-449 (1963). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

G. Holtom and O. Teschke, �??Design of a birefringent filter for high-power dye lasers,�?? IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-10, 577-579 (1974). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

C.G. Aminoff and M. Kaivola, �??High power single-mode cw dye laser with Michelson mode selector,�?? Opt. Commun. 37, 133-137 (1982). [CrossRef]
W. Vassen, C. Zimmerman, R. Kallenbach, and T.W. Hänsch, �??A frequency-stabilized titanium sapphire laser for high-resolution spectroscopy,�?? Opt. Commun. 75, 435-440 (1990). [CrossRef]
C.S. Adams and A.I. Ferguson, �??Tunable narrow linewidth ultra-violet light generation by frequency doubling of a ring Ti:Sapphire laser using lithium tri-borate in an external enhancement cavity,�?? Opt. Commun. 90, 89-94 (1992). [CrossRef]
T.W. Hänsch and B.J. Couillaud, �??Laser frequency stabilization by polarization spectroscopy of a reflecting reference cavity,�?? Opt. Commun. 35, 441-444 (1980). [CrossRef]

Prog. Quantum Electron.

C.S. Adams and E. Riis, �??Laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms,�?? Prog. Quantum Electron. 21, 1-79 (1997). [CrossRef]

Rev. Mod. Phys.

E. A. Cornell and C. E. Wieman, �??Nobel Lecture: Bose-Einstein condensation in a dilute gas, the first 70 years and some recent experiments,�?? Rev. Mod. Phys. 74, 875-893 (2002). [CrossRef]
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Rev. Sci. Instrum.

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Other

A. Yariv, Optical Electronics, fourth edition (Saunders 1991).
R.H. Abram, K.S. Gardner, E. Riis, and A.I. Ferguson, �??Narrow linewidth operation of a tunable optically pumped semiconductor laser,�?? To be published.

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