Title :
Differential mode-locked cavity for measurements of minute displacements
Author :
Luo, Xuan ; Braga, Alex ; Arissian, Ladan ; Diels, JeanClaude
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
A laser cavity with interwoven pulse trains provides a unique environment for intracavity interferometry. In a linear configuration 3 nm displacement is converted to 1 kHz shift in beat frequency.
Keywords :
displacement measurement; laser mode locking; light interferometry; measurement by laser beam; microcavity lasers; differential mode locked cavity; frequency shift; interwoven pulse train; intracavity interferometry; laser cavity; minute displacements; Delay; Displacement measurement; Pulse modulation; (120.0120) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology; (120.5050) Phase measurement; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
