Laser locking and cavity manipulation with a cavity optoelectromechanical system

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 1784-1786

  Lee, Kwan H ^a   McRae, Terry G ^a   Knittel, Joachim ^a   Bowen, Warwick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Optical microcavity; optomechanical oscillator; Pound Drever Hall (PDH) locking; whispering gallery mode

Indexed keywords

LASER LOCKING; MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; OPTOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; OPTOMECHANICAL; PHOTONIC APPLICATION; POUND-DREVER-HALL; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELD; ULTRASENSITIVE; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MICROCAVITIES; SILICA;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 78649434224     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2085079     Document Type: Article

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