Distortion of optical feedback signals in microchip Nd:YAG lasers subjected to external multi-beam interference feedback

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/19/3/034203

Abstract This paper proposes a theoretical analysis for the characteristics of an external cavity Nd:YAG laser with feedback of multiple-beam interference, which is induced by the multi-reentrance of the light from the external Fabry--Perot cavity. The theoretical model considers the multiple beam interference of the external Fabry--Perot cavity. It is found that the optical feedback signals are distorted to pulse waveforms instead of the sinusoidal ones in conventional feedback. The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis. The obtained theoretical and experimental results can advance the development of a laser feedback interferometer.

Keywords: optical feedback multi-beam interference

Received: 06 November 2008
Revised: 03 June 2009
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PACS:	42.55.Rz	(Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers)
	42.60.Jf	(Beam characteristics: profile, intensity, and power; spatial pattern formation)
	42.60.Da	(Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings)
	07.60.Ly	(Interferometers)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.~50805084) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Nos.~20080430395 and 200902087).

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Tan Yi-Dong(谈宜东), Zhang Shu-Lian(张书练), Ren Zhou(任舟), Ren Cheng (任成), and Zhang Yi-Nan(张亦男) Distortion of optical feedback signals in microchip Nd:YAG lasers subjected to external multi-beam interference feedback 2010 Chin. Phys. B 19 034203

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