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¹Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China. jieyuan@nudt.edu.cn

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Optical Engineering
Resonator Physics

Background:

Monolithic triaxial ring resonators are crucial optical components.
Understanding and mitigating optical-axis perturbation is essential for their performance.
Existing methods for error correction in resonators are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate optical-axis perturbation in monolithic triaxial ring resonators.
To identify and quantify a key mismatching error criterion.
To propose an optimization method for managing this error.

Main Methods:

Analysis of optical-axis perturbation in monolithic triaxial ring resonators.
Development of a criterion (C) to represent mismatching error.
Formulation of an optimization strategy to distribute the mismatching error.

Main Results:

A novel criterion, C, for mismatching error in monolithic triaxial ring resonators was identified.
The criterion C was found to be irreducible by modifying terminal surface or mirror angles.
An optimization method was proposed to equally and simultaneously share the mismatching error C in specific directions.

Conclusions:

The identified criterion C is a fundamental limitation in monolithic triaxial ring resonator design.
The proposed optimization method offers a practical approach to manage unavoidable mismatching errors.
These findings are significant for advancing the design, improvement, and alignment of monolithic triaxial ring resonators.