This work deals with the effect of a Helmholtz resonator on the acoustic vibration inside the cavity of a domestic refrigerator compressor. A multi-mode analytical model is developed and some analyses are carried out showing the influence of resonator parameters on the acoustic behaviour of the cavity. Then the results of the tests which were performed on an industrial compressor during its act...

An analytical expression for the difference in buildup time between two longitudinal modes in a passively Q -switched laser resonator is developed and compared with experimental laser data. The results support the following temporal criterion for single-frequency, passively Q -switched operation: The difference in buildup time between any two longitudinal modes of the laser resonator should be ...

In this paper, empirical relations for the evaluation of both the resonant frequency fr and the quality factor Q for the dominant TM010 mode of a circular substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity resonator are proposed and validated. These formulas are based on well established analytical expressions valid for the case of circular metallic cavity resonator, in which an equivalent radius Req ...

We design a polarization-sensitive resonator for use in mid-infrared photodetectors, utilizing a photonic crystal cavity and a single or double-metal plasmonic waveguide to achieve enhanced detector efficiency due to superior optical confinement within the active region. As the cavity is highly frequency and polarization-sensitive, this resonator structure could be used in chip-based infrared s...

A compact solid-state single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) Q-switched laser based on a compound cavity is demonstrated. SLM operation achieved through the enhancement of mode competition ( via manipulation effective reflectivity resonator mirrors and intracavity field accumulation time) does not require use feedback loop. In this work, emission with linewidth 254.3 MHz demonstrated, high ratio up to ...

We report on scalar soliton rains (SRs) shedding from vector square-wave noise-like pulse (NLP) by introducing a microfiber-knot-resonator (MKR) into an erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser. The EDF laser has ultralong cavity of ?3.07 km and large anomalous cavity-dispersion, facilitating the formation NLP. Once MKR was further incorporated, comb-like filtering effect could be clearly observed emissi...

The effect of compliant walls on the properties of a Helmholtz resonator is examined. The effective stiffness of the resonator is decreased by the wall compliance, while the effective mass is unchanged to leading order. The radiation resistance is also decreased ue to a cancellation between the radiation from the cavity opening and the radiation from the cavity walls. This leads to a reduction ...

We describe a new and highly effective optical frequency discriminator and laser stabilization system based on signals reflected from a stable Fabry-Perot reference interferometer. High sensitivity for detection of resonance information is achieved by optical heterodyne detection with sidebands produced by rf phase modulation. Physical, optical, and electronic aspects of this discriminator/lase...

The construction, modeling, and performance characteristics of a new resonator design for ultrafast cavity-dumped oscillators are presented. An acousto-optic Bragg cell was incorporated at the end of the longer arm of a Ti:sapphire oscillator rather than in the shorter arm as in several recent studies. The new arrangement improves the pulse intensity stability of the oscillator and significantl...

Frequency references are indispensable to radio, microwave and time keeping systems, with far reaching applications in navigation, communication, remote sensing and basic science. Over the past decade, there has been an optical revolution in time keeping and microwave generation that promises to ultimately impact all of these areas. Indeed, the most precise clocks and lowest noise microwave sig...