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Single frequency operation of a Nd:YAG laser is obtained with a temperature-compensated, sealed intracavity etalon which is optimized with respect to selectivity and loss by taking spatial hole burning of the laser medium into account. For stabilization purposes we calculate the response of the laser when (i) the etalon's thickness is modulated and when (ii) the laser cavity length is modulated. We find orders of magnitude better stability for (i) and demonstrate the feasibility of a system with 100 mW output power, a longterm frequency stability of 3×10−9, and an intensity stability of 10−4.
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Danielmeyer, H.G., Leibolt, W.N. Stable tunable single-frequency Nd:YAG laser. Appl. Phys. 3, 193–198 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00884496
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