Resonant cavity system
AssigneePicomole Inc.
InventorsChristopher Quentin Purves, Perry F. Kain, Denis Dufour
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Abstract
There is provided a resonant cavity system. A first mirror is actuated at a first end of a resonant cavity to move in a direction between a first position relative to a second mirror at a second end of the resonant cavity, at which a cavity length between the first mirror and the second mirror is less than a resonance length for a laser beam, and a second position relative to the second mirror, at which the cavity length is greater than the resonance length. An event is triggered when the cavity length is proximal to the resonance length. The first mirror is continuously actuated to move in the direction between the first position and the second position during the event.
Claims10
A resonant cavity system, comprising:
- a first mirror at a first end of a resonant cavity;
- a second mirror at a second end of the resonant cavity;
- at least one processor;
- non-transitory storage storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- actuate the first mirror to move in a direction between a first position relative to the second mirror, at which a cavity length between the first mirror and the second mirror is less than a resonance length for a laser beam, and a second position relative to the second mirror, at which the cavity length is greater than the resonance length;
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- trigger the extinguishing of a laser beam illuminating the resonant cavity or the detuning of the laser beam for the resonant cavity when the cavity length is proximal to the resonance length while continuing to actuate the first mirror to move in the direction between the first position and the second position while a light detector registers light intensity in the resonant cavity.
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