An upper limit to the frequency noise associated with the relaxation oscillation of a monolithic Nd:YAG ring laser

Skeldon, K.D., Clubley, D.A., Newton, G.P. and Hough, J. (2001) An upper limit to the frequency noise associated with the relaxation oscillation of a monolithic Nd:YAG ring laser. Journal of Modern Optics, 48(7), 1129 -1134. (doi: 10.1080/09500340010028800)

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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500340010028800

Abstract

A measurement of the frequency noise at the relaxation oscillation frequency of a Nd:YAG monolithic non-planar ring laser is presented. By careful monitoring of various applied calibration signals, a limit to the frequency noise level of [similar to] 6.3 × 10-2 Hz/ root Hz is set over the relaxation oscillation bandwidth and it is shown that this is approximately at the level to be expected, based on the relaxation oscillation induced time varying refractive index.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:UNSPECIFIED
Authors: Skeldon, K.D., Clubley, D.A., Newton, G.P., and Hough, J.
Subjects:Q Science > QC Physics
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Journal of Modern Optics
ISSN:0950-0340

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