ACCURACY AND STABILITY OF A CALCIUM-STABILIZED DYE-LASER BY MEANS OF THE OPTICAL RAMSEY RESONANCE

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作者
MORINAGA, A [1 ]
ITO, N [1 ]
ISHIKAWA, J [1 ]
SUGIYAMA, K [1 ]
KUROSU, T [1 ]
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[1] NATL RES LAB METROL,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
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10.1109/19.278578
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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The frequency of a dye laser has been stabilized to the optical Ramsey resonance of the Ca intercombination line (S-1(0)-P-3(1) at 657.46 nm), with a quality factor of 10(10). The beat frequency between two laser beams, which were independently stabilized to Ramsey resonances of two different atomic beams, was measured in order to evaluate the performance of our Ca-stabilized dye laser. A frequency stability of 2 x 10(-12)tau-1/2 was obtained for 1 less-than-or-equal-to tau less-than-or-equal-to 100 S. The frequency difference between the two Ramsey resonances was within +/-3 kHz over a period of ten days.
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