Suppression of Nonlinear Interactions in Resonant Macroscopic Quantum Devices: The Example of the Solid-State Ring Laser Gyroscope

Journal Article · Fri May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.100.183901· OSTI ID:21128126

Schwartz, Sylvain; Feugnet, Gilles; Pocholle, Jean-Paul ^[1]; Gutty, Francois ^[2]; Bouyer, Philippe ^[3]

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1. Thales Research and Technology France, RD 128, F-91767 Palaiseau Cedex (France)
2. Thales Avionics, 40 rue de la Brelandiere, BP 128, F-86101 Chatellerault (France)
3. Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS and Universite Paris-Sud, Campus Polytechnique, RD 128, F-91127 Palaiseau Cedex (France)

We report fine-tuning of nonlinear interactions in a solid-state ring laser gyroscope by vibrating the gain medium along the cavity axis. We demonstrate both experimentally and theoretically that nonlinear interactions vanish for some values of the vibration parameters, leading to quasi-ideal rotation sensing. We eventually point out that our conclusions can be mapped onto other subfields of physics such as ring-shaped superfluid configurations, where nonlinear interactions could be tuned by using Feshbach resonance.

• OSTI ID: 21128126
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 100, Issue 18; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.183901; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CONFIGURATION
GYROSCOPES
INTERACTIONS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
RESONANCE
RING LASERS
SUPERFLUIDITY