Autonomous frequency stabilization of two extended cavity diode lasers at the potassium wavelength on a sounding rocket

Autor: Dinkelaker, Aline N., Schiemangk, Max, Schkolnik, Vladimir, Kenyon, Andrew, Lampmann, Kai, Wenzlawski, André, Windpassinger, Patrick, Hellmig, Ortwin, Wendrich, Thijs, Rasel, Ernst M., Giunta, Michele, Deutsch, Christian, Kürbis, Christian, Smol, Robert, Wicht, Andreas, Krutzik, Markus, Peters, Achim
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Applied Optics 56 (2017) 1388-1396
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1364/AO.56.001388
Popis: We have developed, assembled, and flight-proven a stable, compact, and autonomous extended cavity diode laser (ECDL) system designed for atomic physics experiments in space. To that end, two micro-integrated ECDLs at 766.7 nm were frequency stabilized during a sounding rocket flight by means of frequency modulation spectroscopy (FMS) of 39^K and offset locking techniques based on the beat note of the two ECDLs. The frequency stabilization as well as additional hard- and software to test hot redundancy mechanisms were implemented as part of a state-machine, which controlled the experiment completely autonomously throughout the entire flight mission.
Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures
Databáze: arXiv