TOWARDS AN ACCURATE FREQUENCY STANDARD AT LAMBDA=778NM USING A LASER-DIODE STABILIZED ON A HYPERFINE COMPONENT OF THE DOPPLER-FREE 2-PHOTON TRANSITIONS IN RUBIDIUM

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作者
MILLERIOUX, Y
TOUAHRI, D
HILICO, L
CLAIRON, A
FELDER, R
BIRABEN, F
DEBEAUVOIR, B
机构
[1] OBSERV PARIS,BNM,PRIMAIRE TEMPS & FREQUENCES LAB,F-75014 PARIS,FRANCE
[2] BUR INT POIDS & MESURES,F-92312 SEVRES,FRANCE
[3] UNIV PARIS 06,ENS,SPECTROSCOPIE HERTZIENNE LAB,CNRS,URA 18,F-75252 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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10.1016/0030-4018(94)90221-6
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Two systems are built in which a commercially available GaAlAs laser diode is stabilized on a hyperfine component of the 5S1/2-5D(3/2,5/2) two-photon transitions in rubidium at lambda = 778 nm (nu = 385 THz). Some preliminary metrological results are presented. The frequency repeatability has been found to be of 200 Hz (5.2 parts in 10(13)) and a short-term frequency stability of 3 X 10(-13)/square-root tau up to 2000 s is currently obtained.
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