Continuous detuning of an optical cavity with a Universally Tunable Modulator
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2012.
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| author | Davis, Emily, S.B. (Emily J.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| author2 | Nergis Mavalvala. |
| author_facet | Nergis Mavalvala. Davis, Emily, S.B. (Emily J.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/785072019-04-12T09:21:55Z Continuous detuning of an optical cavity with a Universally Tunable Modulator Davis, Emily, S.B. (Emily J.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nergis Mavalvala. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. Physics. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2012. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51). It is currently well-known how to lock an optical cavity on resonance using the Pound- Drever-Hall technique. It is also possible to lock a cavity at a single detuned length using an amplitude modulated laser beam. However, there are many interesting applications, that would benefit from the use of a Universally Tunable Modulator (UTM), because it can create any ratio of amplitude to phase modulation. The unique transfer function of the UTM allows for cavity locking at any of the intermediate points between resonance and about half a linewidth of detuning. In this thesis, we construct such a UTM and verify experimentally that the modulator can indeed be used for continuous detuning of optical cavities. by Emily Davis. S.B. 2013-04-12T19:30:48Z 2013-04-12T19:30:48Z 2012 2012 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78507 836792113 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 51 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Davis, Emily, S.B. (Emily J.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Continuous detuning of an optical cavity with a Universally Tunable Modulator |
| title | Continuous detuning of an optical cavity with a Universally Tunable Modulator |
| title_full | Continuous detuning of an optical cavity with a Universally Tunable Modulator |
| title_fullStr | Continuous detuning of an optical cavity with a Universally Tunable Modulator |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continuous detuning of an optical cavity with a Universally Tunable Modulator |
| title_short | Continuous detuning of an optical cavity with a Universally Tunable Modulator |
| title_sort | continuous detuning of an optical cavity with a universally tunable modulator |
| topic | Physics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78507 |
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