FREQUENCY STABILIZATION, LINEWIDTH REDUCTION, AND FINE DETUNING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER BY USING VELOCITY-SELECTIVE OPTICAL-PUMPING OF ATOMIC RESONANCE LINE

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KOZUMA, M [1 ]
KOUROGI, M [1 ]
OHTSU, M [1 ]
HORI, H [1 ]
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[1] YAMANASHI UNIV,FAC ENGN,KOFU,YAMANASHI 400,JAPAN
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10.1063/1.108381
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A novel optical feedback technique for a semiconductor laser has been used successfully in stabilizing the laser frequency to a hyperfine transition frequency of the Rb-87-D2 line (F=2-3) and simultaneously reducing the laser field spectral linewidth 20-times that of the free-running laser. The locking range of this feedback was 200 MHz. The possibility of continuous detuning of the stabilized frequency as large as +/- gamma/2 (half of the natural linewidth of the atomic resonance) was demonstrated.
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