Enhanced Frequency Noise Discrimination Using Cavity-coupled Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

2023/05/17 by Idjadi, Mohamad Hossein, Blanco-Redondo, Andrea
#FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2305.10525

Abstract

Here, an enhanced frequency noise discriminator is proposed using a cavity-coupled Mach-Zehnder interferometer and demonstrated on a general-purpose programmable integrated photonics platform. The frequency noise measurement sensitivity is similar to the well-known Pound-Drever-Hall architecture but owns a passive, simpler, and more compact design. The proposed structure can be utilized in integrated laser frequency stabilization architectures.

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