Title :
Investigation of the self-injection locked behaviour of a continuous wave Nd:YAG ring laser
Author :
Meier, Tobias ; Willke, Benno ; Dehne, Marina ; Danzmann, Karsten
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for Gravitational Phys., Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Abstract :
External redirection of light from one propagation direction of a ring laser back into the opposite direction forces uni-directional operation. We investigated this so-called self-injection locking effect and achieved single-frequency operation.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser mode locking; neodymium; ring lasers; solid lasers; YAG:Nd; continuous wave ring laser; external light redirection; light propagation direction; self-injection locked behaviour; single-frequency operation; uni-directional operation; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical propagation; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Ring lasers; (000.2190) Experimental physics; (140.3570) Lasers, single mode;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
