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View SchemaControlling mode locking in optical ring cavities
| Authors | G. Krenz, S. Bux, S. Slama, C. Zimmermann, Ph. W. Courteille |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0611187 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0611187 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00340-007-2632-8 |
Abstract
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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