摘要
The influence of feedback level(or the amplitude of feedback light)on laser polarization in polarized optical feedback is investigated.A polarizer is placed in the feedback cavity to form the polarized feedback,and an attenuator is placed in the feedback cavity to tune the feedback level.The laser intensity and polarization vary dramatically at different transmissivities of the attenuator.According to the experimental phenomenon,the range of the attenuator transmissivity is divided into three zones:the flipping zone,monostable zone,and bistable zone.In the monostable zone,the laser polarization is always perpendicular to the axis of the polarizer in the feedback cavity.This may provide an effective way to choose or control laser polarization.A theoretical model based on the self-consistency of laser oscillation is presented to analyze the experimental results.
作者
WU Yun
TAN Yi-Dong
ZHANG Shu-Lian
LI Yan
吴云;谈宜东;张书练;李岩(The State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments,Department of Precision Instruments,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084)
基金
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61036016.