title: Cavity stabilization using the weak intrinsic birefringence of dielectric mirrors.
abstract: We demonstrate a universal cavity stabilization scheme that exploits the intrinsic birefringence of dielectric multilayer mirrors. Homodyne locking using weak mirror birefringence of even an empty Fabry-Perot-type cavity requires neither frequency modulation nor mixing and allows us to generate an error signal that is comparable to more widely used heterodyne stabilization schemes.
authors.affiliation: University of Vienna, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. peter.asenbaum@univie.ac.at
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Asenbaum
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arndt