Demonstration of the stabilization technique for nonplanar optical resonant cavities utilizing polarization

T. Akagi, S. Araki, Y. Funahashi, Y. Honda, S. Miyoshi, T. Okugi, T. Omori, H. Shimizu, K. Sakaue, T. Takahashi, R. Tanaka, N. Terunuma, Y. Uesugi, J. Urakawa, M. Washio, H. Yoshitama

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Abstract

Based on our previously developed scheme to stabilize nonplanar optical resonant cavities utilizing polarization caused by a geometric phase in electromagnetic waves traveling along a twisted path, we report an application of the technique for a cavity installed in the Accelerator Test Facility, a 1.3-GeV electron beam accelerator at KEK, in which photons are generated by laser-Compton scattering. We successfully achieved a power enhancement of 1200 with 1.4% fluctuation, which means that the optical path length of the cavity has been controlled with a precision of 14 pm under an accelerator environment. In addition, polarization switching utilizing a geometric phase of the nonplanar cavity was demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043303
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume86
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Apr 1

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