Self-Mixing Thin-Slice Solid-State Laser Metrology
Abstract
This paper reviews the dynamic effect of thin-slice solid-state lasers subjected to frequency-shifted optical feedback, which led to the discovery of the self-mixing modulation effect, and its applications to quantum-noise-limited versatile laser metrology systems with extreme optical sensitivity.
- Publication:
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Sensors
- Pub Date:
- February 2011
- DOI:
- 10.3390/s110202195
- Bibcode:
- 2011Senso..11.2195O
- Keywords:
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- laser-diode pumping;
- thin-slice solid-state laser;
- self-mixing modulation;
- optical metrology