OEO Stabilization Continued

MD SHARIFUL ISLAM1,2
GREGOIRE COGET2

1 School
of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.

2 Photonics
and Terahertz Group,
UMI 2958 Georgia Tech-CNRS, Metz, France.
OUTLINE
1. OUTLINE • Stabilization of OEO with C4 QDash Laser
2. STABILIZATION
C4 • Stabilization of OEO with C3 QDash Laser
3. STABILIZATION

4.
C3
CURRENT STATE
• Current state of the lasers
• C3 (QDASH)
• C4 (QDASH) • Conclusion
• E2 (MQW)
• E3(MQW)
5. CONCLUSION

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STABILIZATION WITH C4-Qdash
1. OUTLINE
• We have tried at higher currents (100- 200 mA) to find out better LC
2. STABILIZATION since that was indicated in the BD taken by Daeyoung.
3.
C4
STABILIZATION
• The dynamical states are similar at lower currents. The limit cycles
C3 were equally unstable as we manually checked.
4. CURRENT STATE
• C3 (QDASH) • We did not record any full set of data, because the manual
• C4 (QDASH) observation was negative
• E2 (MQW)
• E3(MQW) At Lower Currents
5. CONCLUSION
• We have tried to find locking by placing ourselves at currents around
80-90 mA.
• Then changing the cavity length and after, using the nano actuator.
• The LCs are unstable at one 𝑓𝑅𝑂 , whenever we try to have a perfect
locking the relaxation oscillation frequency jumps to another branch of
LC.
• This in turn made it very difficult to achieve perfect locking and
stabilize the OEO
• So, we moved to C3 (Qdash with a secondary dot)
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STABILIZATION WITH C4-Qdash
1. OUTLINE
2. STABILIZATION
C4
3. STABILIZATION
C3
4. CURRENT STATE
• C3 (QDASH)
• C4 (QDASH)
• E2 (MQW)
• E3(MQW)
5. CONCLUSION

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STABILIZATION WITH C3-Qdash
1. OUTLINE
2. STABILIZATION
C4
3. STABILIZATION
C3
4. CURRENT STATE
• C3 (QDASH)
• C4 (QDASH)
• E2 (MQW)
• E3(MQW)
5. CONCLUSION

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CURRENT STATE OF THE LASERS
1. OUTLINE C3: (QDash)
2. STABILIZATION Was working well.
C4
No wire anymore.
3. STABILIZATION
C3 Closes the circuit but
4. CURRENT STATE no light .
• C3 (QDASH) Can be fixed at
• C4 (QDASH)
• E2 (MQW) Lafayette?
• E3(MQW)
5. CONCLUSION

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CURRENT STATE OF THE LASERS
1. OUTLINE C4: (QDash)
2. STABILIZATION Easy to close the circuit
C4
and emits light.
3. STABILIZATION
C3
4. CURRENT STATE
• C3 (QDASH)
• C4 (QDASH)
• E2 (MQW)
• E3(MQW)
5. CONCLUSION

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CURRENT STATE OF THE LASERS
1. OUTLINE E2: (MQW)
2. STABILIZATION Never worked.
C4
The wire touch the
3. STABILIZATION
C3 base before the laser.
4. CURRENT STATE Can be fixed at
• C3 (QDASH) Lafayette?
• C4 (QDASH)
• E2 (MQW)
• E3(MQW)
5. CONCLUSION

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CURRENT STATE OF THE LASERS
1. OUTLINE E3: (MQW)
2. STABILIZATION Hard to close the circuit
C4
Obviously, damaged
3. STABILIZATION
C3 Weak laser light
4. CURRENT STATE
• C3 (QDASH)
• C4 (QDASH)
• E2 (MQW)
• E3(MQW)
5. CONCLUSION

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CONCLUSION
1. OUTLINE • We have installed C4 again to work with
2. STABILIZATION
C4 • We need to be sure about the electrode and its performance or
3. STABILIZATION
C3 sensitivity
4. CURRENT STATE
•
•
C3 (QDASH)
C4 (QDASH)
• The electrode cleaning material will arrive next week
•
•
E2 (MQW)
E3(MQW) • We are planning to get instruction on repairing the C3 Qdash
5. CONCLUSION
Laser

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