A Comparison of Michelson and Mach-Zehnder Interferometers for Laser Linewidth Measurements

Albert Canagasabey; Albert Canagasabey; Andrew Michie; Andrew Michie; John Canning; John Holdsworth; Simon Fleming; Hsiao-Chuan Wang; Hsiao-Chuan Wang; Mattias L. Åslund

Proceedings of the International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim 2011
(Optica Publishing Group, 2011),
paper C428

A Comparison of Michelson and Mach-Zehnder Interferometers for Laser Linewidth Measurements

Albert Canagasabey, Andrew Michie, John Canning, John Holdsworth, Simon Fleming, Hsiao-Chuan Wang, and Mattias L. Åslund

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim 2011

Sydney Australia
28 August–1 September 2011
ISBN: 978-0-9775657-7-1

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A. Canagasabey, A. Michie, J. Canning, J. Holdsworth, S. Fleming, H. Wang, and M. L. Åslund, "A Comparison of Michelson and Mach-Zehnder Interferometers for Laser Linewidth Measurements," in Proceedings of the International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim 2011, (Optica Publishing Group, 2011), paper C428.

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Abstract

The performances of the Michelson (MI) and Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZI) are compared for laser linewidth measurement with the delayed self-heterodyne technique. Voigt fitting is used to extract the Lorentzian and Gaussian components for the MZI and MI with faraday mirrors and also standard gold mirrors. The MI with Faraday mirrors provides a measurement with significantly lower error, owing to the elimination of noise associated with random polarisation drifts.

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