Fritschel P, Shoemaker D, Weiss R
Appl Opt. 1992 Apr 1;31(10):1412-8. doi: 10.1364/AO.31.001412.
We describe the first experimental demonstration of light recycling of a Michelson interferometer with Fabry-Perot cavities in the arms of the interferometer. Light recycling is a technique for efficiently using the light in long-baseline interferometers, such as those being proposed for the detection of gravitational radiation. An increase in the interferometer circulating power by a factor of 18 is observed, which is in good agreement with the expected gain given the losses in the system. Several phenomena associated with this configuration of coupled optical cavities are discussed.
我们描述了在干涉仪臂中带有法布里-珀罗腔的迈克尔逊干涉仪光回收的首次实验演示。光回收是一种在长基线干涉仪中有效利用光的技术，比如那些为探测引力辐射而提议建造的干涉仪。观测到干涉仪的循环功率增加了18倍，这与考虑到系统损耗后的预期增益高度吻合。文中还讨论了与这种耦合光学腔配置相关的几种现象。
