Optimal alignment sensing of a readout mode cleaner cavity

Critically coupled resonant optical cavities are often used as mode cleaners in optical systems to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a signal that is encoded as an amplitude modulation of a laser beam. Achieving the best SNR requires maintaining the alignment of the mode cleaner relative to...

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Main Authors: Mavalvala, Nergis (Contributor), Kawabe, K. (Author), Frolov, V. V (Author), Smith, Nicolas de Mateo (Author), Evans, Matthew J (Author), Waldman, Samuel J. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor), Smith-Lefebvre, Nicolas (Contributor), Evans, Matthew J. (Contributor), Waldman, Sam (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Optical Society of America, 2013-01-24T20:03:55Z.
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