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View SchemaOptical transfer cavity stabilization using current-modulated injection-locked diode lasers
| Authors | P. Bohlouli-Zanjani, K. Afrousheh, J. D. D. Martin |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0606065 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0606065 |
| DOI | 10.1063/1.2337094 |
| Journal | Rev. Sci. Instrum. 77, 093105 (2006) |
Abstract
It is demonstrated that RF current modulation of a frequency stabilized injection-locked diode laser allows the stabilization of an optical cavity to adjustable lengths, by variation of the RF frequency. This transfer cavity may be used to stabilize another laser at an arbitrary wavelength, in the absence of atomic or molecular transitions suitable for stabilization. Implementation involves equipment and techniques commonly used in laser cooling and trapping laboratories, and does not require electro- or acousto-optic modulators. With this technique we stabilize a transfer cavity using a RF current-modulated diode laser which is injection locked to a 780 nm reference diode laser. The reference laser is stabilized using polarization spectroscopy in a Rb cell. A Ti:sapphire ring laser at 960 nm is locked to this transfer cavity and may be precisely scanned by varying the RF modulation frequency. We demonstrate the suitability of this system for the excitation of laser cooled Rb atoms to Rydberg states.
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"abstract": "It is demonstrated that RF current modulation of a frequency stabilized\ninjection-locked diode laser allows the stabilization of an optical cavity to\nadjustable lengths, by variation of the RF frequency. This transfer cavity may\nbe used to stabilize another laser at an arbitrary wavelength, in the absence\nof atomic or molecular transitions suitable for stabilization. Implementation\ninvolves equipment and techniques commonly used in laser cooling and trapping\nlaboratories, and does not require electro- or acousto-optic modulators. With\nthis technique we stabilize a transfer cavity using a RF current-modulated\ndiode laser which is injection locked to a 780 nm reference diode laser. The\nreference laser is stabilized using polarization spectroscopy in a Rb cell. A\nTi:sapphire ring laser at 960 nm is locked to this transfer cavity and may be\nprecisely scanned by varying the RF modulation frequency. We demonstrate the\nsuitability of this system for the excitation of laser cooled Rb atoms to\nRydberg states.",
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