Stabilization of an 852 nm extended cavity diode laser using the Zeeman effect

M. A. Clifford; G. P.T. Lancaster; R. S. Conroy; K. Dholakia

doi:10.1080/09500340008232445

Stabilization of an 852 nm extended cavity diode laser using the Zeeman effect

M. A. Clifford, G. P.T. Lancaster, R. S. Conroy, K. Dholakia

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Abstract

We demonstrate the use of the Zeeman effect in Cs vapour to stabilize an ultra-compact extended cavity diode laser (ECDL) operating at 852 nm. We investigate the expected laser stabilization error signal for a range of magnetic fields and are able to tune the locked ECDL by variation of the magnetic field. We also study in detail the tuning of the laser frequency using optical methods. The ECDL has a linewidth of 520kHz and the drift, when locked, is of the order of 5 MHzh⁻¹.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1933-1940
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Modern Optics
Volume	47
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340008232445
Publication status	Published - 2000 Sept

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We thank the Royal Society, the Leverhulme Trust and the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for supporting this work. KD is a Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Fellow.

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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