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Opto-mechanical design of vacuum laser resonator for the OSQAR experiment

HOSEK, J.; K. MACUCHOVA; S. NEMCOVA; Štěpán KUNC; Miroslav ŠULC et al.

Basic information

Original name

Opto-mechanical design of vacuum laser resonator for the OSQAR experiment

Authors

HOSEK, J.; K. MACUCHOVA; S. NEMCOVA; Štěpán KUNC and Miroslav ŠULC

Edition

BELLINGHAM, USA, Proceedings of SPIE, p. nestránkováno, 7 pp. 2015

Publisher

SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Proceedings paper

Field of Study

Optics, masers and lasers

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Publication form

electronic version available online

Marked to be transferred to RIV

Yes

RIV identification code

RIV/46747885:24510/15:#0001196

Organization

Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education – Technical University of Liberec – Repository

ISBN

978-1-62841-566-7

ISSN

UT WoS

000349404500002

Keywords in English

:axion; vacuum; transportable; resonator; transfer matrix; misalignment; photon regeneration; vacuum magnetic birefringence
Changed: 10/4/2015 11:59, Štěpán Kunc

Abstract

In the original language

This paper gives short overview of laser-based experiment OSQAR at CERN which is focused on search of axions and axion-like particles. The OSQAR experiment uses two experimental methods for axion search - measurement of the ultra-fine vacuum magnetic birefringence and a method based on the "Light shining through the wall" experiment. Because both experimental methods have reached its attainable limits of sensitivity we have focused on designing a vacuum laser resonator. The resonator will increase the number of convertible photons and their endurance time within the magnetic field. This paper presents an opto-mechanical design of a two component transportable vacuum laser resonator. Developed optical resonator mechanical design allows to be used as a 0.8 meter long prototype laser resonator for laboratory testing and after transportation and replacement of the mirrors it can be mounted on the LHC magnet in CERN to form a 20 meter long vacuum laser resonator.