Cavity stabilization using the weak intrinsic birefringence of dielectric mirrors

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Abstract

We demonstrate a universal cavity stabilization scheme that exploits the intrinsic birefringence of dielectric multilayer mirrors. Homodyne locking using weak mirror birefringence of even an empty Fabry-Perot-type cavity requires neither frequency modulation nor mixing and allows us to generate an error signal that is comparable to more widely used heterodyne stabilization schemes.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3720-3722
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume36
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 1030 Physics, Astronomy
  • 103026 Quantum optics
  • 103008 Experimental physics

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