Improved design of a frequency-shifted feedback diode laser for optical pumping at high magnetic field

We broaden the linewidth of an external cavity diode laser using frequency-shifted feedback from an intracavity acousto-optic modulator. The configuration employed allows for wider tunability than has been previously reported, allowing for easy tuning to the D1 or D2 line of 85Rb and 87Rb. We demons...

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Published in:Optics communications 1998-02, Vol.147 (1), p.99-102
Main Authors: Lim, M.J, Sukenik, C.I, Stievater, T.H, Bucksbaum, P.H, Conti, R.S
Format: Article
Language:English
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Atomic and molecular physics
Atomic properties and interactions with photons
Biological and medical applications
Diode laser
Exact sciences and technology
External cavity
Frequency-shifted feedback
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Laser applications
Lasers
Level crossing and optical pumping
Optical pumping
Optics
Photon interactions with atoms
Physics
Rubidium
Semiconductor lasers
laser diodes
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Summary:We broaden the linewidth of an external cavity diode laser using frequency-shifted feedback from an intracavity acousto-optic modulator. The configuration employed allows for wider tunability than has been previously reported, allowing for easy tuning to the D1 or D2 line of 85Rb and 87Rb. We demonstrate the usefulness of the laser for optical pumping of Zeeman-split lines in the kilogauss regime.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00585-3