Cryogenic optical resonators for lasers and parametric oscillators

Author

Braxmaier, C. ; Storz, R. ; Bencheikh, K. ; Jack, K. ; Schneider, K. ; Mlynek, J. ; Schiller, S.

Author_Institution

Fak. fur Phys., Konstanz Univ., Germany

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 July 1998

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

61

Abstract

We demonstrate for the first time frequency stabilization of an optical parametric oscillator to a reference cavity. An ultrastable cryogenic sapphire optical cavity is employed. An upper limit for its drift has been determined by comparison with an iodine hyperfine transition frequency to be <200 Hz/day.

Keywords

cryogenics; frequency standards; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; optical parametric oscillators; optical resonators; sapphire; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; CW OPO; absolute frequency stabilization; cryogenic optical resonators; drift upper limit; flywheel oscillators; frequency standards; iodine hyperfine transition frequency; laser frequency stability; optical parametric oscillator; reference cavity; root Allan variance; time frequency stabilization; ultrastable cryogenic sapphire optical cavity; Cryogenics; Frequency conversion; Glass; Laser stability; Nonlinear optics; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Spectroscopy; Temperature; Time frequency analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1998 Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5018-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.1998.699775

Filename

699775