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

Optics 2023-07-19 v1

Abstract

We present a scheme for locking optical cavities with arbitrary detuning many line widths 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 signal can be obtained by demodulating the reflected light from a cavity that is detuned by several line widths.

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@article{arxiv.1505.05445,
  title  = {A continuously tunable modulation scheme for precision control of optical cavities with variable detuning},
  author = {William Yam and Emily Davis and Sarah Ackley and Matthew Evans and Nergis Mavalvala},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.05445},
  year   = {2023}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures

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