Phase-locking lasers with phase conjugation
- 3 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 48 (9) , 570-572
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.96469
Abstract
Techniques are described for phase locking two or more lasers using phase‐conjugating mirrors. Any changes in the optical cavity length or in the spatial mode structure of the optical beams are automatically compensated. Two argon‐ion lasers were locked using a photorefractive crystal of BaTiO3 acting as a self‐pumped phase‐conjugating mirror.Keywords
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