TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of the coefficient of thermal expansion of a cryogenic, all-sapphire, Fabry-Perot optical cavity
AU - Taylor, C.T.
AU - Notcutt, M.
AU - Wong, E.K.
AU - Mann, Anthony
AU - Blair, David
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - We present measurements of the coefficient of thermal expansion (alpha) of an all-sapphire, cryogenic, Fabry-Perot optical cavity between 5 K and 77 K. The cavity is to be used as a secondary optical frequency reference. Measurements were made by tracking the frequency of the cavity relative to a free-running Nd:YAG non-planar ring laser. We find that alpha = (1.56 +/- 0.84) x 10(-12)T((3.0 +/- 0.2)) [K-1].
AB - We present measurements of the coefficient of thermal expansion (alpha) of an all-sapphire, cryogenic, Fabry-Perot optical cavity between 5 K and 77 K. The cavity is to be used as a secondary optical frequency reference. Measurements were made by tracking the frequency of the cavity relative to a free-running Nd:YAG non-planar ring laser. We find that alpha = (1.56 +/- 0.84) x 10(-12)T((3.0 +/- 0.2)) [K-1].
U2 - 10.1016/0030-4018(96)00293-3
DO - 10.1016/0030-4018(96)00293-3
M3 - Article
VL - 131
SP - 311
EP - 314
JO - Optics Communications
JF - Optics Communications
ER -