Frequency-locked tunable LD laser with a broad bandwidth

  • Hong Chang*
  • , Haibin Wu
  • , Changde Xie
  • , Hai Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Using lock-in amplifier and proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) electric circuit, the frequency of diode laser is stabilized on a highly mechanical stable Fabry-Perot (FP) cavity transmission peak. When the frequency locking system is on, the frequency tunable range of the laser is about 4 GHz around the D1 transition of Rb. The laser frequency tuning is implemented by scanning the FP cavity length. The fluctuation of frequency of the output laser is less than 1 MHz, and the drift of the center frequency is less than 1.5 MHz in 1.5 min. This system has great potential of the application in the experimental investigation of the interaction between light and atoms, especially, for the case of far off the atomic resonance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)710-712
Number of pages3
JournalChinese Optics Letters
Volume2
Issue number12
StatePublished - Dec 2004
Externally publishedYes

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