Allan deviation measurements of a cryogenic all-sapphire Fabry-Perot reference cavity

Author

Notcutt, M. ; Taylor, C.T. ; Wong, E.K. ; Mann, A.G. ; Blair, D.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Western Australia Univ., Nedlands, WA, Australia

fYear

1996

fDate

17-21 June 1996

Firstpage

193

Lastpage

194

Abstract

An all-sapphire Fabry-Perot cavity is temperature controlled in a cryogenic (/spl sim/5 K) environment. The cavity is used as a frequency reference to stabilise the output of a diode pumped Nd:YAG laser. The expected stability is discussed and Allan Deviation measurements presented.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; cryogenics; frequency measurement; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; measurement standards; neodymium; optical modulation; phase modulation; physical instrumentation control; sapphire; solid lasers; temperature control; 5 K; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; Allan deviation measurements; Nd:YAG; Nd:YAl5O12; all-sapphire Fabry-Perot reference cavity; cryogenic environment; diode pumped Nd:YAG laser; feedback; frequency reference; laser output stabilisation; noise sources; phase modulation; servo amplifiers; temperature controlled; temperature fluctuations; Cryogenics; Fabry-Perot; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; Temperature control; Thermal expansion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1996 Conference on

Conference_Location

Braunschweig, Germany

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3376-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.1996.546770

Filename

546770