Mode discrimination apparatus
US4627732A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 6, 1985 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P3/366
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an optical system such as a ring laser gyroscope cavity, oscillations occur in many transverse modes. The desired modes are allowed to exist by suppressing undesired modes utilizing a light stop apparatus. One light stop is made by treating a dielectric mirror with an electron beam causing a phase change to occur to the undesired reflected waves. An alternative light stop is made by depositing an absorptive material on a dielectric mirror for absorbing some of the energy of the undesired modes. Both light stop embodiments are adjustable with respect to a laser wave in a resonant cavity.
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