Title :
Bistable phase locking of a laser via monochromatic signal injection
Author :
Staliunas, Kestutis ; De Valcárcel, Germán J. ; Roldán, Eugenio
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fis. i Eng. Nucl., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Terrassa, Spain
Abstract :
In this paper, we proposed a new mechanism for bistable phase locking that does not require any temporal modulation. The mechanism is inspired in temporal rocking and consists in the injection of a single monochromatic signal that has two opposite phase values. Consider a laser cavity with spherical mirrors tuned to its TEM00 mode. Then a monochromatic signal that is (nearly) resonant with that mode is injected in the cavity.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser tuning; optical bistability; TEM00 mode; bistable phase locking; laser cavity; single monochromatic signal injection; spherical mirror tuning; temporal rocking; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Phase modulation; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192740
