Title :
Nanometer sensivity of a femtosecond optical parametric ring oscillator
Author :
Meng, Xianmei ; Quintero, Raphael ; Diels, Jean-Claude
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Fluctuation of the beat note from a ring optical parametric oscillator reflects fluctuations of the pump spot in nanometer range. This suggests a design with intracavity pumping that leads to a gyro without dead band.
Keywords :
gyroscopes; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; ring lasers; beat note fluctuation; dead band; femtosecond optical parametric ring oscillator; gyro; intracavity pumping; nanometer sensivity; pump spot fluctuations; Fluctuations; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Ring oscillators; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
