FREQUENCY LOCKING A DYE-LASER TO THE CENTRAL OPTICAL RAMSEY FRINGE IN A CA ATOMIC-BEAM AND WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT

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ITO, N
ISHIKAWA, J
MORINAGA, A
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[1] National Research Laboratory of Metrology, Umezono, Tsukuba, 305
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10.1364/JOSAB.8.001388
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The frequency of a dye laser is stabilized to the 3P1-1S0 intercombination line of Ca-40 through use of the first-derivative signal of the Ramsey fringes detected in a Ca atomic beam. The long-term stability of the frequency of the Ca-stabilized dye laser is estimated to be a few kilohertz from the servo error signal. The wavelength of the Ca-stabilized dye-laser beam is measured by comparison with that for an I2-stabilized He-Ne laser, which is one of the current wavelength standards. The measured wavelength is evaluated to be 657.4594396 nm with an uncertainty of better than 1 x 10(-9).
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