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physics.optics2026

Optimized thermal control of a dual-wavelength-resonant nonlinear cavity

Fabian Meylahn, Henning Vahlbruch, Benno Willke

Optical resonator-enhanced nonlinear interactions are of great importance for the efficient generation of continuous-wave second harmonic generation, optical parametric oscillation…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Characterization of non-planar ring oscillators at a wavelength of 1064 nm for high precision metrology

Henning Vahlbruch, Fabian Meylahn, Benno Willke

Ultra-stable laser light is essential for high-precision interferometric measurements, in particular for the next generation of gravitational wave detectors, where high power laser…

physics.optics2024★ 3 cited

Design and Performance of the ALPS II Regeneration Cavity

Todd Kozlowski, Li-Wei Wei, Aaron D. Spector +12

The Regeneration Cavity (RC) is a critical component of the Any Light Particle Search II (ALPS II) experiment. It increases the signal from possible axions and axion-like particles…

physics.optics2023

30 W ultra-stable laser light at 2128 nm for future gravitational-wave observatories

Julian Gurs, Nina Bode, Christian Darsow-Fromm +5

Thermal noise of the dielectric mirror coatings can limit laser-optical high-precision measurements. Coatings made of amorphous silicon and silicon nitride could provide a remedy f…

physics.optics2022★ 10 cited

Passive Laser Power Stabilization via an Optical Spring

Torrey Cullen, Scott Aronson, Ron Pagano +8

Metrology experiments can be limited by the noise produced by the laser involved via small fluctuations in the laser's power or frequency. Typically, active power stabilization sch…

physics.optics2022

Quantum correlation measurement of laser power noise below shot noise

Jasper Robert Venneberg, Benno Willke

In this Letter, the quantum correlation measurement technique as a method of power noise monitoring is investigated. Its principal idea of correlating two photodetector signals is…