Solid-state laser intensity stabilization at the 10(-8) level.

Opt Lett

LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT NW17-161, 175 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.

Published: August 2004

A high-power, low-noise photodetector, in conjunction with a current shunt actuator, is used in an ac-coupled servo to stabilize the intensity of a 10-W cw Nd:YAG laser. A relative intensity noise of 1 x 10(-8) Hz(-1/2) at 10 Hz is achieved.

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