6 papers
BIFROST: A First-Principles Model of Polarization Mode Dispersion in Optical Fiber
Patrick R. Banner, Steven L. Rolston, Joseph W. Britton
We present BIFROST, a first-principles model of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fibers. Unlike conventional models, BIFROST employs physically motivated representatio…
Errors in PDH offset locking due to spurious spectral features
Roame A. Hildebrand, Wance Wang, Connor Goham +2
The Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) technique is widely used to stabilize the frequency of lasers. Here we report on a routinely underestimated source of error in PDH offset-locking: a shi…
Spectrally-pure optical serrodyne modulation for continuously-tunable laser offset locking
Roame A. Hildebrand, Wance Wang, Connor Goham +2
The comb-like spectrum added to laser light by an electro-optic modulator (EOM) finds use in a wide range of applications, including coherent optical communication, atomic spectros…
A practical guide to feedback control for Pound-Drever-Hall laser linewidth narrowing
Wance Wang, Sarthak Subhankar, Joseph W. Britton
The Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) technique for laser linewidth narrowing is widely used by AMO experimentalists. However, achieving a high-performance PDH locking requires substantial e…
Coupling a Fabry-Pérot Cavity to a Single-Mode Optical Fiber Using a Metalens
Wance Wang, Wenqi Zhu, Amit Agrawal +1
Efficient coupling of light from an optical cavity to a single-mode fiber is required in a range of quantum technologies. In this work we consider the coupling of a high-finesse ma…
Can TCOs Transform Cavity-QED?
Wance Wang, Dhruv Fomra, Amit Agrawal +2
Transparent conductive oxides (TCO) enable confinement of charge-sensitive ions and Rydberg atoms proximal to dielectric structures including waveguides and photon detectors. Howev…