RB SATURATION SPECTROSCOPY WITH AN OPTICALLY NARROWED FM DIODE-LASER

被引:5
作者
BARWOOD, GP
GILL, P
ROWLEY, WRC
机构
[1] Division of Mechanical and Optical Metrology, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middx TW11 0LW, Queens Road
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10.1016/0030-4018(91)90423-B
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A fast-frequency modulated (FM) diode laser has been optically narrowed using the technique of resonant optical feedback, to provide linewidths in each FM mode of almost-equal-to 200 kHz peak-to-peak. With a drive frequency of 50 MHz and modulation index of 0.2, the FM laser has been used for the first time to obtain Doppler-free FM spectra of the Rb D1 line at 795 nm. The potential use of this system for laser frequency stabilisation is discussed.
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