Modulation-free laser frequency locking using Fano resonance in a crystalline whispering-gallery-mode cavity

Yingjie Lu; Haotian Wang; Jun Guo; Yaohui Xu; Yuanchen Hu; Wujun Li; Jianing Zhang; Jie Ma; Deyuan Shen

doi:10.1364/PRJ.534627

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 2, 417(2025)

Modulation-free laser frequency locking using Fano resonance in a crystalline whispering-gallery-mode cavity

Yingjie Lu¹, Haotian Wang^1、*, Jun Guo^1,2, Yaohui Xu¹, Yuanchen Hu¹, Wujun Li¹, Jianing Zhang¹, Jie Ma¹, and Deyuan Shen¹

Author Affiliations

¹Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China

²e-mail: guojun@jsnu.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Jul. 4, 2024

Accepted: Nov. 19, 2024

Published Online: Feb. 10, 2025

The Author Email: Haotian Wang (wanghaotian@jsnu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.534627

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