Fast gyro

Eugeniy E. Mikhailov

The College of William & Mary, USA

SPIE 2014, Febrary 04, 2014

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Sagnac effect

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Cavity conditions

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Atoms in the cavity and Frequency shift derivation

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Negative dispersion sensitivity enhancement

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Sensitivity estimate

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Two level atom dispersion

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3 coupled levels: EIT

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N-bar scheme

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Schematic experimental setup

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Experimental setup

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Goals

Short term, almost certain to workdemonstrate EIT in the cavity (almost done)

lock to the probe laser, sweep two-photon detuningshow that we can obtain gain with additional pump lasercavity + gain = laser: see the lasing if we have enough powerplay with gain to adjust dispersion, observe cavity line narrowing

Long term, less likely to just worksee amplification and lasing of counter propagating beam, withoutseeding

fall back scenario: seeding the counter propagation or counterpropagating pump/control

Electronics/laser lockslock cavity to yet another frequency related to the probe to avoidlock drop if we lose gain/transmissionpump laser frequency lockpower stabilizers

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