INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE STABLE OPERATION OF LASER-DIODES

被引:55
作者
BRADLEY, CC [1 ]
CHEN, J [1 ]
HULET, RG [1 ]
机构
[1] RICE UNIV,INST QUANTUM,HOUSTON,TX 77251
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D O I
10.1063/1.1141424
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We have developed a constant current supply and a temperature control circuit that can be used for frequency-stable operation of laser diodes. These instruments can stabilize laser diode injection current and temperature to better than ±1 μA and ±0.3 mK, respectively, over time periods exceeding 1 h. We have excited the Li(2S↔2P) transition with a red-light-emitting laser diode and find that our instrumentation stabilizes the laser frequency to within ±10 MHz over a period exceeding 1 h.
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页码:2097 / 2101
页数:5
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