mike
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Post by mike on Feb 15, 2006 18:01:50 GMT -5
Here are some interesting papers. Thy might not find immediate practical use in the various labs, but they contain very useful general information: www.ligo.caltech.edu/~blacke/T980045-00.pdfThis is a review paper on the Pound-Drever-Hall method of Cavity interferometry. Mode locking is used to stabilize a laser to an external cavity. This is a very important technique use in LIGO, and many other fields where one needs an ultra stable laser. Much of what is covered in this paper should send warning bells through your head. There is some useful stuff here! Eric Black was a graduate student under John Price here at CU. Now he works on LIGO.
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Post by mike on Feb 17, 2006 3:37:30 GMT -5
Another great paper. This one is very useful for the mode matching etc. Talks about all the ray optics and ABCD matrices you need. Stability conditions, analysis of various resonator systems. Tricks of the trade, W and Z plane circle diagrams (surprisingly useful but a little out modes). Impedance matching, etc. In other words, this paper has it all. ao.osa.org/abstract.cfm?id=14408Laser Beams and Resonance H. Kogelnik, T. Li. Applied Optics, Vol 5 # 10 Oct 1966 pp 1550-1567 Have fun.
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