• DocumentCode
    1515734
  • Title

    Coherent Dual-Frequency Emission of a Vertical External-Cavity Semiconductor Laser at the Cesium {\\rm D}_{2} Line

  • Author

    Camargo, Fabiola A. ; Barrientos, Jessica ; Baili, Ghaya ; Morvan, Loic ; Dolfi, Daniel ; Holleville, David ; Guerandel, Stéphane ; Sagnes, Isabelle ; Georges, Patrick ; Lucas-Leclin, Gaëlle

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. Charles Fabry, Univ. Paris-Sud XI, Palaiseau, France
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    7/15/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1218
  • Lastpage
    1220
  • Abstract
    We describe the dual-frequency and dual-polarization emission of a diode-pumped vertical external-cavity semiconductor laser at 852 nm dedicated to the coherent population trapping of cesium atoms. The output power reaches ~20 mW on each frequency, with a frequency difference in the gigahertz range.
  • Keywords
    caesium; light polarisation; optical pumping; radiation pressure; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; Cs; cesium D2 line; cesium atoms; coherent dual-frequency emission; coherent population trapping; diode-pumped laser; dual-polarization emission; vertical external-cavity semiconductor laser; Cavity resonators; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Masers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Metrology; semiconductor lasers; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2012.2199103
  • Filename
    6198866