See my overview video of the cavity, demonstration of tuning it up and operation in the video:
I put my 3D design files (STLs & STEPs) up on github: https://github.com/wildcircuits/3DPrintedOpticalCavity
This is a simple design with 2 50% reflective front surface mirrors. The back mirror is mounted to a speaker which allows for fine adjustments to the length of the cavity. In the video I demonstrate a sine wave on the speaker that results in 325nm of movement, the distance between 2 cavity resonances for a 650nm laser!
I iterated through several different laser sources and landed on a 'visual fault locator' that couples a red (650nm) laser to a single mode fiber. This is nice because it cleans up the laser spot into a nice circular beam. The single mode fiber is made for 1550nm communications so it has a 9um diameter. This means it is actually passing multiple modes of my red laser but it was cheap and good enough for me.
I didn't go into details on the tip/tilt adjustable mounts in the video, but they are built around a ball bearing for the joint allowing movement in the 2 axis. Two 6-32 1" thumb screws are used for input and a rubber band keeps the system tensioned. I've found this to work very well, but my initial attemps at just tapping the 6-32 threaded hole in the print weren't as precise as I'd like so I switched to heat-set threaded inserts. They work great.
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