Modulation-free sub-Doppler laser frequency stabilization to molecular iodine with a common-path, two-color interferometer

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作者
Burdack, P [1 ]
Tröbs, M
Hunnekuhl, M
Fallnich, C
Freitag, I
机构
[1] Laser Zentrum Hannover eV, Hannover, Germany
[2] Innolight GmbH, Hannover, Germany
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OPTICS EXPRESS | 2004年 / 12卷 / 04期
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10.1364/OPEX.12.000644
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Recently, a simple common-path, two-color interferometer has been used for Doppler-free saturated dispersion spectroscopy of iodine. We have used such a set-up to stabilize a Nd:YAG laser for the first time, to our knowledge. This method requires only a small number of low-cost optical components compared to frequency modulation techniques. We have measured a root Allan variance of 5 . 10(-12) for 0.2 s, and below 5 . 10(-11) for integration times up to 300 s. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.
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