Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2012. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 51). / It is currently well-known how to lock an optical cavity on resonance using the Pound- Drever-Hall technique. It is also possible to lock a cavity at a single detuned length using an amplitude modulated laser beam. However, there are many interesting applications, that would benefit from the use of a Universally Tunable Modulator (UTM), because it can create any ratio of amplitude to phase modulation. The unique transfer function of the UTM allows for cavity locking at any of the intermediate points between resonance and about half a linewidth of detuning. In this thesis, we construct such a UTM and verify experimentally that the modulator can indeed be used for continuous detuning of optical cavities. / by Emily Davis. / S.B.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/78507 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Davis, Emily, S.B. (Emily J.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Contributors | Nergis Mavalvala., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 51 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission., http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 |
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