Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics
Pulling of the frequency of a narrow resonance in an interferometer with a nonlinearly absorbing medium
E. N. Bazarov, G A Gerasimov, V. P. Gubin, S. Yu. Otrokhov, Nikolay I. Starostin, V V Fomin
Abstract
Theoretical and experimental investigations are reported of the shifts due to the pulling of a reference resonance in an external interferometer with a nonlinear absorber. It is shown that for a fixed interferometer length its tuning relative to the transition frequency results in a large additional shift and asymmetry of a resonance because of a correction due to saturated dispersion of the medium. The shifts are considered for the pulling in a system with noninstantaneous and instantaneous locking of an interferometer mode to the radiation frequency.