ABSOLUTE FREQUENCY STABILITY OF A DIODE-LASER-PUMPED ND-YAG LASER STABILIZED TO A HIGH-FINESSE OPTICAL CAVITY

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作者
NAKAGAWA, K
SHELKOVNIKOV, AS
KATSUDA, T
OHTSU, M
机构
[1] KANAGAWA ACAD SCI & TECHNOL, KANAGAWA, JAPAN
[2] PN LEBEDEV PHYS INST, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 27期
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10.1364/AO.33.006383
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the frequency stabilization of a diode-laser-pumped monolithic ring Nd:YAG laser locked to a high-finesse optical cavity. With an independent cavity as a frequency discriminator, the absolute frequency noise was measured to be as low as 2 x 10(-2) Hz/Hz1/2 at the Fourier frequency of approximately 3 kHz. We also measured the heterodyne beat note between two lasers locked to the independent cavities. The beat linewidth is narrower than 30 Hz and the minimum root Allan variance is approximately 6 x 10(-14).
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页码:6383 / 6386
页数:4
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