Optical stabilizer using a bistable optical device with a PMN electrostrictor

Appl Opt. 1982 Jul 15;21(14):2616-9. doi: 10.1364/AO.21.002616.

Abstract

An optical stabilizer utilizing the higher-order stable state of a Fabry-Perot resonator bistable optical device has been made using a PMN electrostrictor with a high bias voltage. The output power of this device exhibits bistable behavior with high reproducibility and is nearly constant over a wide range of input power. Light intensity fluctuation of the laser source can be reduced to ~1/150 by using this optical stabilizer.