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Bistable phase locking of a laser via monochromatic signal injection

Kestutis StaliunasGerma~¡n J. De ValcárcelEugenio Roldán

subject

PhysicsBistabilitybusiness.industryPhase (waves)LaserOptical bistabilitylaw.inventionMultivibratorOpticslawOptical cavityOptoelectronicsMonochromatic colorbusinessPhase modulation

description

In free running lasers the field phase is not fixed and any value possible value is equally likely (invariant), but can be locked to an external reference by injecting a monochromatic signal field into the cavity. In this way the phase of the slave laser locks to a single value resulting in a monostable phase locking. It could be however of practical interest that the laser field be locked not to a single value but to two different possible values, hence the name bistable phase locking.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2009-06-01CLEO/Europe - EQEC 2009 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference
https://doi.org/10.1109/cleoe-eqec.2009.5192740