TY - GEN
T1 - Ultra-precise rotation sensing with a superluminal ring laser
AU - Yum, H. N.
AU - Yablon, J.
AU - Salit, K.
AU - Wang, Y.
AU - Shahriar, M. S.
AU - Salit, M.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We show that group velocity of light far exceeding the vacuum speed can be realized when a medium that produces a narrow band dip in the gain profile is placed inside a ring laser. The dip leads to an effective negative dispersion, which can be tuned to produce a very small group index. The rotational sensitivity of the ring laser is enhanced by a factor equaling the inverse of the group index. For a realistic system, the enhancement factor can be as high as 1.8*105. In order to realize such a device, the background gain can be produced by using, for example, an optically pumped Ti:Sapphire crystal, a semiconductor optical amplifier, or a diode pumped alkali laser. The narrow dip can be produced, for example, by a Rb cell configured for Raman depletion. Here, we present the theoretical model behind such a superluminal laser, and describe a preliminary experiment for realizing such a device.
AB - We show that group velocity of light far exceeding the vacuum speed can be realized when a medium that produces a narrow band dip in the gain profile is placed inside a ring laser. The dip leads to an effective negative dispersion, which can be tuned to produce a very small group index. The rotational sensitivity of the ring laser is enhanced by a factor equaling the inverse of the group index. For a realistic system, the enhancement factor can be as high as 1.8*105. In order to realize such a device, the background gain can be produced by using, for example, an optically pumped Ti:Sapphire crystal, a semiconductor optical amplifier, or a diode pumped alkali laser. The narrow dip can be produced, for example, by a Rb cell configured for Raman depletion. Here, we present the theoretical model behind such a superluminal laser, and describe a preliminary experiment for realizing such a device.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSENS.2010.5690987
DO - 10.1109/ICSENS.2010.5690987
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79951911518
SN - 9781424481682
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
SP - 10
EP - 14
BT - IEEE Sensors 2010 Conference, SENSORS 2010
T2 - 9th IEEE Sensors Conference 2010, SENSORS 2010
Y2 - 1 November 2010 through 4 November 2010
ER -