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Control of laser radiation parameters

Frequency scanning of a laser with a Littman–Metcalf cavity using an electrooptic deflector

S. V. Vasil'ev, L. I. Ivleva, V. A. Sychugov

Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: A new method for scanning a single-frequency laser with a Littman–Metcalf cavity using an electrooptic deflector is proposed and realised experimentally. The main advantages of such a scanning technique are its high precision and high frequency tuning rate, as well as the absence of mobile elements. It is shown that for a certain configuration of the cavity, the variation of the laser radiation wavelength can be synchronised with the optical length of the cavity, thus preventing mode hopping during scanning.

PACS: 42.55.Mv, 42.60.Da, 42.79.Jq

Received: 12.03.2001

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2001, 31:9, 825–828

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