Laser Power Stabilization via Radiation Pressure (Springer Theses)

Trad Nery, Marina

Springer Nature Switzerland AG（2022/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 154 p.
• 商品コード 9783030958671

Full Description

This book offers a comprehensive and complete description of a new scheme to stabilize the power of a laser on a level needed for high precision metrology experiments. The novel aspect of the scheme is sensing power fluctuations via the radiation pressure driven motion they induce on a micro-oscillator mirror. It is shown that the proposed technique can result in higher signals for power fluctuations than what is achieved by a direct power detection, and also that it enables the generation of a strong bright squeezed beam. The book starts with the basics of power stabilization and an overview on the current state of art. Then, detailed theoretical calculations are performed, and the advantages of the new scheme are highlighted. Finally, a proof-of-principle experiment is described and its results are analyzed in details. The success of the work presented here paves a way for achieving high power stability in future experiments and is of interest for high precisionmetrology experiments, like gravitational wave detectors, and optomechanical experiments.
Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Gravitational Wave International Committee.

Contents

Introduction.- Sensing laser power fluctuations via an Alternative Observable of the Light Field.- Fundamental Limits of Power Stabilization via a Radiation Pressure Transfer Scheme.- Power Tabilization via Radiation Pressure - Experimental setup.- Power Stabilization via Radiation Pressure.- Experimental results Chapter 6.- Summary.