Open AccessHigh density fringes and phase behavior in birefringence dual frequency laser with multiple feedback
Author(s) -
Zhoumo Zeng,
Shulian Zhang,
Yun Wang,
Peng Zhang,
Zhengqi Zhao,
Yan Li
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.004747
Subject(s) - optics , birefringence , interferometry , tilt (camera) , laser , phase (matter) , physics , materials science , mathematics , geometry , quantum mechanics
The high density intensity fringes and phase behavior in birefringent dual frequency laser with multiple feedback are studied for the first time. It was discovered that the fringes of output intensity are made of bipolar pulses with symmetric external cavity feedback and the fringe density is as high as compared to the conventional feedback. The high density cosine-like fringes are obtained with asymmetric external cavity feedback by adjusting the tilt angle of the feedback mirror and the fringe density is about 22 times higher compared to the conventional feedback. Moreover, there is a phase difference between the two cosine-like fringes and the phase difference is varied with the change of the external cavity length. The experimental results and a theoretical analysis are presented in this work. These results offer a large increase in the resolution for the optical feedback interferometer with the birefringence dual frequency laser.