A compact laser head with high-frequency stability for Rb atomic clocks and optical instrumentation

被引：87

作者：

Affolderbach, C ^{[1
]}

Mileti, G ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Observat Neuchatel, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland

来源：

REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS | 2005年 / 76卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1979493

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

We present a compact and frequency-stabilized laser head based on an extended-cavity diode laser. The laser head occupies a volume of 200 cm(3) and includes frequency stabilization to Doppler-free saturated absorption resonances on the hyperfine components of the Rb-87 D-2 lines at 780 nm, obtained from a simple and compact spectroscopic setup using a 2 cm(3) vapor cell. The measured frequency stability is <= 2x10(-12) over integration times from 1 s to 1 day and shows the potential to reach 2x10(-13) over 10(2)-10(5) s. Compact laser sources with these performances are of great interest for applications in gas-cell atomic frequency standards, atomic magnetometers, interferometers and other instruments requiring stable and narrow-band optical sources. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

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