Controlling mode locking in optical ring cavities

Details Controlling mode locking in optical ring cavities Controlling mode locking in optical ring cavities

2006-11-20

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0611187v1

Physics

Optics

5 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1007/s00340-007-2632-8

Imperfections in the surface of intracavity elements of an optical ring resonator can scatter light from one mode into the counterpropagating mode. The phase-locking of the cavity modes induced by this backscattering is a well-known example that notoriously afflicts laser gyroscopes and similar active systems. We experimentally show how backscattering can be circumvented in a unidirectionally operated ring cavity either by an appropriate choice of the resonant cavity mode or by active feedback control.

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