Frequency structure in an electronically tuned Ti:sapphire laser: periodic appearance of static fringes in both homodyne and heterodyne Michelson interferometers
Optics Letters, Vol. 24, Issue 22, pp. 1635-1637 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.24.001635
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Abstract
Static interference fringes were observed repeatedly with changes of path difference in both homodyne and heterodyne Michelson interferometers. This unique coherence property of an electronically tuned Ti:sapphire laser with an intracavity acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) has revealed the frequency structure and dynamics of the laser field. The fact that static interference occurred in a heterodyne interferometer with unequal path lengths indicates backscattering of the intracavity laser field, suggesting that Brillouin-enhanced four-wave mixing occurs in the intracavity AOTF.
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OCIS Codes
(040.2840) Detectors : Heterodyne
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(140.3590) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, titanium
(190.0190) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics
(190.2640) Nonlinear optics : Stimulated scattering, modulation, etc.
(230.1040) Optical devices : Acousto-optical devices
Citation
Jihong Geng, *Satoshi Wada, Norihito Saito, and Hideo Tashiro, "Frequency structure in an electronically tuned Ti:sapphire laser: periodic appearance of static fringes in both homodyne and heterodyne Michelson interferometers," Opt. Lett. 24, 1635-1637 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-24-22-1635
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