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What is 'tilt locking' of a laser cavity?
In another question, jasonh mentions a scheme for locking a laser to a resonant cavity called 'tilt locking':
The signal is used for locking the frequency of a laser to a high finesse cavity. The ...
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Consistently oscillating micron sized particles in a liquid
I have an idea that would involve the measurement of an oscillating substance whilst the substance is immersed in a liquid. However, the method that I would use to measure the frequency of these ...
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What narrow-linewidth laser system runs at 2100nm with 1W of power?
For an experiment at our university we need a laser that runs at about 2.1 μm (about 20nm higher or lower would be fine too.
We have found a multitude of lasers that achieve this (typically Thulium- ...
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Levitation rotation speed involving laser acceleration, pyrolytic graphite and a vacuum
The experment would involve a small NIB magnet levitating between or on the diamagnetic material pyrolytic graphite, unlike other forms of levitation this doesn't require power to run such as ...
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The most price-efficient experimental setup involving SPDC, single-photon counting etc
I would like a suggestion on a price-efficient way of experimenting with spontaneous down-conversion and single-photon counting. The simple dual-slit experiment could be one part of an application ...
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What reflective media do laser shows use?
I am having a hard time in finding out what exact light media laser shows use. I am trying to build a laser show myself. I know that the laser light is reflected off these particles in such a way that ...
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Fairly Broad Spectrum Light Source Options
I tried this sight before to find filtering options and got fantastic results, so let's try again!
I am setting up an experiment that requires light of two different frequencies (445nm and 350nm). ...
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What ways are there to measure the local polarization of a laser beam?
Measuring the polarization of a laser beam is a simple enough task if the polarization is the same everywhere. You can even buy commercial polarimeters.
How do you go about it if the light beam has ...
