Intracavity Measurement Sensitivity Enhancement without Runaway Noise

Sensors

Jean-Claude Diels¹  Luke Horstman¹ 

[1] School of Optical Science and Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA;

关键词: intracavity phase interferometry;    laser sensors;    sensitivity enhancement;    precision sensing;    inertial sensors;    petermann excess noise factor;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s21248473

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A method to increase the sensitivity of an intracavity differential phase measurement that is not made irrelevant by a larger increase of noise is explored. By introducing a phase velocity feedback by way of a resonant dispersive element in an active sensor in which two ultrashort pulses circulate, it is shown that the measurement sensitivity is elevated without significantly increasing the Petermann excess noise factor. This enhancement technique has considerable implications for any optical phase based measurement; from gyroscopes and accelerometers to magnetometers and optical index measurements. Here we describe the enhancement method in the context of past dispersion enhancement studies including the recent work surrounding non-Hermitian quantum mechanics, justify the method with a theoretical framework (including numerical simulations), and propose practical applications.

【 授权许可】

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