NARROW LINEWIDTH, HIGHLY STABLE, TUNABLE DIODE-LASER SYSTEM

被引:37
作者
DINNEEN, TP
WALLACE, CD
GOULD, PL
机构
[1] Univ of Connecticut, Storrs, United States
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0030-4018(92)90636-6
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe a simple method for long term stabilization and tuning of a diode laser which is locked to an external cavity by optical feedback. The cavity-locked laser is stabilized to a saturated absorption resonance in rubidium which is modulated and shifted by a combination of ac and dc magnetic fields. We achieve a linewidth of 15 kHz, long term stability of 10 kHz, and tunability over 80 MHz with no laser frequency modulation.
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页数:6
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