Measurements of the group delay dispersion in high finesse optical cavities

• Published in: 2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference pp. 1 - 2
• Main Authors: Hammond, T.J., Mills, A.K., Jones, D.J.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-05-2009
• Subjects: (120.0120) Instrumentation; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.4780) Optical resonators; (310.6860) Thin films; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers; and metrology; Delay; Dispersion; measurement; optical properties
• ISSN: 2160-9004
• DOI: 10.1364/CLEO.2009.CWI2

We present a simple method for determining the group delay dispersion of a high finesse optical cavity by measuring the dependence of the cavity's optical path length on frequency.