DocumentCode
930285
Title
Stabilisation of optically excited self-oscillation
Author
Zhang, L.M. ; Uttamchandani, Deepak ; Culshaw, B.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
Volume
25
Issue
18
fYear
1989
Firstpage
1235
Lastpage
1236
Abstract
A new experiment demonstrating the stabilisation of an optically driven self-oscillator is reported. The oscillation of the micromechanical silicon resonator is maintained by optical feedback provided by a Fabry-Perot interferometer formed between a semireflecting mirror and the surface of the silicon micromechanical resonator. The stabilisation of the oscillation is achieved by adjusting the frequency of the laser diode powering the system.
Keywords
electric sensing devices; elemental semiconductors; frequency stability; light interferometry; resonators; silicon; Fabry-Perot interferometer; micromechanical silicon resonator; optical feedback; optically driven self-oscillator; optically excited self-oscillation; semireflecting mirror; stabilisation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19890828
Filename
43492
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