Title :
Nested Fabry-Perot in mode-locked lasers to monitor minute changes of index
Author :
Hendrie, James ; Masuda, Koji ; Hecht, Adam ; Diels, Jean-Claude ; Arissian, Ladan
Author_Institution :
Phys. & Astron. Dept., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
An uncoated glass etalon inserted in a mode-locked laser results generating two nested frequency combs. The ratio of their frequencies, insensitive to external parameters, is an accurate measure of the optical path in the etalon.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot interferometers; laser mode locking; optical frequency combs; optical glass; external parameters; minute changes of index; mode-locked lasers; nested Fabry-Perot; nested frequency combs; optical path; uncoated glass etalon; Cavity resonators; Frequency measurement; Glass; Monitoring; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
