• DocumentCode
    2383038
  • Title

    On using high-harmonic technique for laser frequency stabilization on absorption lines of hyperfine structure

  • Author

    Khavinson, V.M. ; Melnikov, N.A.

  • Author_Institution
    D.I. Mendeleyev Inst. for Metrol., St. Petersburg, Russia
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    17-21 June 1996
  • Firstpage
    120
  • Lastpage
    121
  • Abstract
    The advantages of using the high-harmonic technique for laser frequency stabilization to narrow nonlinear resonances are discussed. Assuming the profile of a nonlinear resonance to be symmetric and the frequency modulation to be harmonic, the effects of the laser tuning curve and of neighboring lines on frequency offsets are estimated.
  • Keywords
    frequency measurement; frequency modulation; hyperfine structure; laser frequency stability; laser tuning; measurement standards; optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; absorption lines; discriminating characteristic; frequency offsets; high-harmonic technique; hyperfine structure; laser frequency stabilization; laser tuning curve; narrow nonlinear resonances; optical frequency standards; symmetric frequency modulation; third-harmonic locking; Absorption; Amplitude modulation; Frequency estimation; Frequency modulation; Gas lasers; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical tuning; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1996 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Braunschweig, Germany
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3376-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.1996.546647
  • Filename
    546647