Title :
Stabilization of injection-locked lasers using spatial mode interference
Author :
Ottaway, D.J. ; Gray, M.B. ; Shaddock, D.A. ; Hollitt, C. ; Veitch, P.J. ; Munch, J. ; McClelland, D.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Math. Phys., Adelaide Univ., SA, Australia
fDate :
5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report the use of spatial-mode-interference, or tilt-locking, for the active stabilization of injection-locking of a Nd:YAG laser. We show that this control scheme is robust and adds negligible frequency noise to the injection-locked laser
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser modes; laser noise; laser stability; neodymium; solid lasers; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; active stabilization; control scheme; injection-locked laser stabilisation; injection-locking; negligible frequency noise; robust; spatial mode interference; tilt-locking; Frequency; Interference; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser stability; Lasers and electrooptics; Master-slave; Physics; Power lasers; Servomechanisms;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
