Long term laser frequency control for applications in atomic physics

Autor: M. C. Standage, Graham R. Johnson, P. M. Johnson, William Robinson MacGillivray, B. V. Hall, Benjamin T. H. Varcoe
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Measurement Science and Technology. 11:N111-N116
ISSN: 1361-6501
0957-0233
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/11/11/402
Popis: An improvement to the saturated absorption technique of long term stabilization of lasers is reported. This new method enables stabilization to the centre of saturated absorption features regardless of whether the peaks are symmetric or asymmetric. Another feature of the locking system is its ability to stabilize the laser at precisely known small detunings from the centre of the absorption line. The locking system has been applied to both dye laser and titanium sapphire laser systems. The long term drift for each was measured to be smaller than the laser jitter bandwidth of about 1 MHz for periods of hours, and no mode hops were recorded over several weeks of operation.
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