Application Notes
Introduction to Laser Frequency Stabilization
The steps outlined in this application note can be used to stabilize a TLB-7000, TLB-6900, or TLB-6300 series tunable diode laser to a reference cavity using the Pound-Drever-Hall stabilization ...
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The Michelson Interferometer Experimental Setup
Albert A. Michelson won the 1907 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid.” One ...
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FM Spectroscopy With Tunable Diode Lasers
Frequency-modulation spectroscopy is a powerful tool that can achieve high sensitivities with a relatively simple experimental setup. Tunable diode lasers, in particular, can make the ...
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Phase-Shifting Interferometry for Determining Optical Surface Quality
Determining the surface quality of a critical component—the deviation from the intended shape whether flat, spherical, etc.—is crucial to high-precision manufacturing. Traditional methods ...
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A Survey of Methods Using Balanced Photodetection
New Focus balanced photoreceivers are ideal for optical detection applications that require sensitive measurements. This application note focuses on several techniques, divided into ...
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Insights into High-Speed Detectors and High-Frequency Techniques
With the advancement of high-transmission-rate systems and short-pulse lasers, many applications now require high time-resolution or equivalently, high frequency-bandwidth optical detection. ...
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Swept-Wavelength Testing: Saving Time and Bringing Real-Time Process Control to the Manufacturing Environment
With the recent trend towards higher channel counts in telecommunications systems, the efficiency of wavelength-characterization measurements is becoming a major issue. Although the ...
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Tunable Lasers Applications to Spark Your Imagination
Interferometry is widely used to make precision length and displacement measurements ranging from less than a nanometer to tens of meters. Researchers used our 630-nm TLB-6304 laser ...
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On the Origin of Motion Control Specifications
High-precision motorized positioners are used for a wide variety of applications such as fiber alignment, semiconductor wafer positioning, micro-assembly, and device testing in a number ...
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Polarization and Polarization Control
Precise control of polarization behavior is necessary to obtain optimal performance from your optical components and systems. Characteristics such as reflectivity, insertion loss, and ...
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Swept Wavelength Testing Characterizing the Tuning Linearity of Tunable Laser Sources
In a swept-wavelength measurement system, the wavelength of a tunable laser source (TLS) is swept continuously at a constant rate throughout the desired tuning range, while the device ...
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Feedback Prevention with Optical Isolators
Because fiber is a high gain medium, any light that is inadvertently injected into the ultrafast oscillator, as well as into amplifiers, can degrade and potentially irreversibly affect ...
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Optical Delay Line Mirror Mount 9848-KT
This note is meant to quickly walk you through the process of how to align our latest delay-line mount in 7 steps. You will see that the delay-line mount has advantages over using two ...
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Frequency Comb Research Advances Using Tunable Diode Lasers
The discovery of the optical frequency comb and the breakthrough work of Hänsch and Hall in refining the frequency comb technique have revolutionized the field of scientific metrology. ...
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Advanced Programmable Wavelength Markers For Swept Laser Based Test-Measurement Applications
For widely tunable laser, tuning speed and linearity are the terms or specifications quite often being used for characterizing the tuning performance. Tuning linearity is usually defined ...