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A stable fiber-based Fabry-Perot cavity

T. Steinmetz, A. Balocchi, Yves Colombe, Hunger, D, Theodor W. Hänsch, Warburton, R J, Jakob Reichel

Published Jun 27, 2006• 61 citations
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Abstract

We report the development of a fiber-based, tunable optical cavity with open access. The cavity is of the Fabry-Perot type and is formed with miniature spherical mirrors positioned on the end of single- or multi-mode optical fibers by a transfer technique which involves lifting a high-quality mirror from a smooth convex substrate, either a ball lens or micro-lens. The cavities typically have a finesse of $\\sim 1,000$ and a mode volume of 600 $\\mu$m$^3$. We demonstrate the detection of small ensembles of cold Rb atoms guided through such a cavity on an atom chip.

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