Polarization feedback laser stabilization

Esherick, Peter; Owyoung, Adelbert

Title: Polarization feedback laser stabilization

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A system for locking two Nd:YAG laser oscillators includes an optical path for feeding the output of one laser into the other with different polarizations. Elliptical polarization is incorporated into the optical path so that the change in polarization that occurs when the frequencies coincide may be detected to provide a feedback signal to control one laser relative to the other.

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Esherick, Peter ^[1]; Owyoung, Adelbert ^[1]

Albuquerque, NM

Issue Date:: 1988-01-01

Research Org.:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 866796

Patent Number(s):: 4791633

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT
H01S3/1394 - {by using an active reference, e.g. second laser, klystron or other standard frequency source}
H01S3/08036 - {by a dispersive, polarising or birefringent element placed in the cavity, e.g. a Fabry-Perot etalon, tilted plate}
H01S3/11 - {Pulse generation, e.g. Q-switching, mode locking}
H01S3/025 - {of solid state lasers, e.g. housings or mountings}
H01S3/10061 - {Polarization control}
H01S3/10092 - {Coherent seed, e.g. injection locking}
H01S3/102 - by controlling the active medium, e.g. by controlling the processes or apparatus for excitation

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DOE Contract Number:: AC04-76DP00789

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: polarization; feedback; laser; stabilization; locking; yag; oscillators; optical; path; feeding; output; polarizations; elliptical; incorporated; change; occurs; frequencies; coincide; detected; provide; signal; control; relative; yag laser; feedback signal; laser oscillator; optical path; /372/

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