Continuously tunable modulation scheme for precision control of optical cavities with variable detuning

We present a scheme for locking optical cavities with arbitrary detuning by many linewidths from resonance using an electro-optic modulator that can provide arbitrary ratios of amplitude-to-phase modulation. We demonstrate our scheme on a Fabry-Perot cavity, and show that a well-behaved linear error...

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Main Authors: Ackley, Sarah F (Contributor), Evans, Matthew J (Contributor), Yam, William (Contributor), Davis, Emily J. (Contributor), Mavalvala, Nergis (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Optical Society of America, 2017-04-13T13:13:45Z.
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