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A basic introduction to ultrastable optical cavities for laser stabilization
Jamie A. Boyd, Thierry Lahaye
We give a simple introduction to the properties and use of ultrastable optical cavities, which are increasingly common in atomic and molecular physics laboratories for stabilizing…
Fizeau's "aether-drag" experiment in the undergraduate laboratory
Thierry Lahaye, Pierre Labastie, Renaud Mathevet
We describe a simple realization of Fizeau's "aether-drag" experiment. Using an inexpensive setup, we measure the phase shift induced by moving water in a laser interferometer and…
Strong saturation absorption imaging of dense clouds of ultracold atoms
G. Reinaudi, T. Lahaye, Z. Wang +1
We report on a far above saturation absorption imaging technique to investigate the characteristics of dense packets of ultracold atoms. The transparency of the cloud is controlled…
A two-frequency acousto-optic modulator driver to improve the beam pointing stability during intensity ramps
B. Fröhlich, T. Lahaye, B. Kaltenhäuser +5
We report on a scheme to improve the pointing stability of the first order beam diffracted by an acousto-optic modulator (AOM). Due to thermal effects inside the crystal, the angul…