Thermal Noise Analysis Based on Higher-Order Mode Laser Frequency Stabilization

Lianlian Du; Jingfang Liu; Jiamin Liu; Rongguo Yang; Hengxin Sun; Jiangrui Gao

doi:10.3788/AOS240547

Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 13, 1314001(2024)

Thermal Noise Analysis Based on Higher-Order Mode Laser Frequency Stabilization

Lianlian Du¹, Jingfang Liu¹, Jiamin Liu¹, Rongguo Yang^2,3, Hengxin Sun^1,2、*, and Jiangrui Gao^1,2

¹State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi , China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi , China

³College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi , China

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Jan. 22, 2024

Accepted: Mar. 7, 2024

Published Online: Jul. 4, 2024

The Author Email: Sun Hengxin (hxsun@sxu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AOS240547

CSTR:32393.14.AOS240547

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

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laser manufacturing

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