Cavity stabilization using the weak intrinsic birefringence of dielectric mirrors

Author(s)
Peter Asenbaum, Markus Arndt
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.

Organisation(s)
Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
Journal
Optics Letters
Volume
36
Pages
3720-3722
No. of pages
3
ISSN
0146-9592
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.003720
Publication date
2011
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
1030 Physics, Astronomy, 103026 Quantum optics, 103008 Experimental physics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/90dd4853-8ebf-4dd1-9db5-793104633f22