Pound-Drever-Hall locking scheme free from Trojan operating points

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Autoren
  • Manuel Zeyen
  • Lukas Affolter
  • Marwan Abdou Ahmed
  • Thomas Graf
  • Oguzhan Kara
  • Klaus Kirch
  • Miroslaw Marszalek
  • Francois Nez
  • Ahmed Ouf
  • Randolf Pohl
  • Siddharth Rajamohanan
  • Pauline Yzombard
  • Aldo Antognini
  • Karsten Schuhmann
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DOI
10.1063/5.0130508
eISSN
1089-7623
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  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: 7V5WV
  • PubMed Identifier: 36725577
ISSN
0034-6748
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
1
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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Artikelnummer
ARTN 013001
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
Status
Published
Titel
Pound-Drever-Hall locking scheme free from Trojan operating points
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  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
94

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Abstract
<jats:p>The Pound–Drever–Hall (PDH) technique is a popular method for stabilizing the frequency of a laser to a stable optical resonator or, vice versa, the length of a resonator to the frequency of a stable laser. We propose a refinement of the technique yielding an “infinite” dynamic (capture) range so that a resonator is correctly locked to the seed frequency, even after large perturbations. The stable but off-resonant lock points (also called Trojan operating points), present in conventional PDH error signals, are removed by phase modulating the seed laser at a frequency corresponding to half the free spectral range of the resonator. We verify the robustness of our scheme experimentally by realizing an injection-seeded Yb:YAG thin-disk laser. We also give an analytical formulation of the PDH error signal for arbitrary modulation frequencies and discuss the parameter range for which our PDH locking scheme guarantees correct locking. Our scheme is simple as it does not require additional electronics apart from the standard PDH setup and is particularly suited to realize injection-seeded lasers and injection-seeded optical parametric oscillators.</jats:p>
Autoren
  • Manuel Zeyen
  • Lukas Affolter
  • Marwan Abdou Ahmed
  • Thomas Graf
  • Oguzhan Kara
  • Klaus Kirch
  • Miroslaw Marszalek
  • François Nez
  • Ahmed Ouf
  • Randolf Pohl
  • Siddharth Rajamohanan
  • Pauline Yzombard
  • Aldo Antognini
  • Karsten Schuhmann
DOI
10.1063/5.0130508
eISSN
1089-7623
ISSN
0034-6748
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
1
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Review of Scientific Instruments
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en
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2023
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
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Published
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AIP Publishing
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0130508
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Pound–Drever–Hall locking scheme free from Trojan operating points
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
94

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Abstract
The Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) technique is a popular method for stabilizing the frequency of a laser to a stable optical resonator or, vice versa, the length of a resonator to the frequency of a stable laser. We propose a refinement of the technique yielding an "infinite" dynamic (capture) range so that a resonator is correctly locked to the seed frequency, even after large perturbations. The stable but off-resonant lock points (also called Trojan operating points), present in conventional PDH error signals, are removed by phase modulating the seed laser at a frequency corresponding to half the free spectral range of the resonator. We verify the robustness of our scheme experimentally by realizing an injection-seeded Yb:YAG thin-disk laser. We also give an analytical formulation of the PDH error signal for arbitrary modulation frequencies and discuss the parameter range for which our PDH locking scheme guarantees correct locking. Our scheme is simple as it does not require additional electronics apart from the standard PDH setup and is particularly suited to realize injection-seeded lasers and injection-seeded optical parametric oscillators.
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  • Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Autoren
  • Manuel Zeyen
  • Lukas Affolter
  • Marwan Abdou Ahmed
  • Thomas Graf
  • Oguzhan Kara
  • Klaus Kirch
  • Miroslaw Marszalek
  • François Nez
  • Ahmed Ouf
  • Randolf Pohl
  • Siddharth Rajamohanan
  • Pauline Yzombard
  • Aldo Antognini
  • Karsten Schuhmann
DOI
10.1063/5.0130508
eISSN
1089-7623
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 36725577
Funding acknowledgements
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: EXC PRISMA+ (390831469)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: LASIMUS 407008443
  • Swiss National Science Foundation: 200020_197052
  • Swiss National Science Foundation: 200021_165854
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche: ANR-18-CE92-0030-02
  • European Research Council: 725039
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: EXC 1098 PRISMA (194673446)
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false
ISSN
0034-6748
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
1
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The Review of scientific instruments
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eng
Medium
Print
Paginierung
013001
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
Status
Published
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Pound-Drever-Hall locking scheme free from Trojan operating points.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
94

Data source: Europe PubMed Central

Abstract
The Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) technique is a popular method for stabilizing the frequency of a laser to a stable optical resonator or, vice versa, the length of a resonator to the frequency of a stable laser. We propose a refinement of the technique yielding an "infinite" dynamic (capture) range so that a resonator is correctly locked to the seed frequency, even after large perturbations. The stable but off-resonant lock points (also called Trojan operating points), present in conventional PDH error signals, are removed by phase modulating the seed laser at a frequency corresponding to half the free spectral range of the resonator. We verify the robustness of our scheme experimentally by realizing an injection-seeded Yb:YAG thin-disk laser. We also give an analytical formulation of the PDH error signal for arbitrary modulation frequencies and discuss the parameter range for which our PDH locking scheme guarantees correct locking. Our scheme is simple as it does not require additional electronics apart from the standard PDH setup and is particularly suited to realize injection-seeded lasers and injection-seeded optical parametric oscillators.
Autoren
  • Manuel Zeyen
  • Lukas Affolter
  • Marwan Abdou Ahmed
  • Thomas Graf
  • Oguzhan Kara
  • Klaus Kirch
  • Miroslaw Marszalek
  • François Nez
  • Ahmed Ouf
  • Randolf Pohl
  • Siddharth Rajamohanan
  • Pauline Yzombard
  • Aldo Antognini
  • Karsten Schuhmann
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36725577
DOI
10.1063/5.0130508
eISSN
1089-7623
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
1
Zeitschrift
Rev Sci Instrum
Sprache
eng
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United States
Paginierung
013001
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
Status
Published
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2023
Titel
Pound-Drever-Hall locking scheme free from Trojan operating points.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
94

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