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Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021

Filed:

May. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

William Loh, Cambridge, MA (US);

Paul William Juodawlkis, Arlington, MA (US);

Siva Yegnanarayanan, Lexington, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/30 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); H01S 3/13 (2006.01); H01S 3/131 (2006.01); H01S 3/23 (2006.01); H01S 5/0687 (2006.01); H01S 3/0941 (2006.01); H01S 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/302 (2013.01); H01S 3/094003 (2013.01); H01S 3/094053 (2013.01); H01S 3/094069 (2013.01); H01S 3/094096 (2013.01); H01S 3/1305 (2013.01); H01S 3/1312 (2013.01); H01S 3/1317 (2013.01); H01S 3/2383 (2013.01); H01S 5/0687 (2013.01); H01S 3/09415 (2013.01); H01S 3/10053 (2013.01); H01S 3/10061 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an ultrastable laser, using a large mode-volume optical resonator, which suppresses the resonator's fast thermal fluctuations, together with the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) optical nonlinearity presents a powerful combination that enables the ability to lase with an ultra-narrow linewidth of 20 Hz. The laser's long-term temperature drift is compensated by using the narrow Brillouin line to sense minute changes in the resonator's temperature (e.g., changes of 85 nK). The precision of this temperature measurement enables the stabilization of resonators against environmental perturbations.


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