• DocumentCode
    3011140
  • Title

    Watt-Level Single-Frequency Tunable Nd:YLF/PPKTP Red Laser for Silver Atom Cooling

  • Author

    Sarrouf, Rodoilphe ; Souza, Virginie ; Badr, Thotmas ; Xu, Guibao ; Zondy, Jean-Jacques

  • Author_Institution
    Conservatoire Nat. des Arts et Metiers, Saint-Denis
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Intracavity second-harmonic generation of a diode-pumped unidirectional Nd:YLiF4 ring laser oscillating on the sigma-polarized 4F3/2 - 4I13/2 transition (lambda~T314 nm) with a temperature-tuned PPKTP crystal is reported, yielding up to 0.92W tunable (656-658nm) single-frequency output.
  • Keywords
    atom-photon collisions; laser stability; laser transitions; laser tuning; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical pumping; potassium compounds; radiation pressure; silver; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 4F3/2 - 4I13/2 transition; Ag; PPKTP crystal; intracavity second-harmonic generation; red laser; ring laser oscillator; silver atom cooling; single-frequency tuning; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Cooling; Diodes; Neodymium; Optical harmonic generation; Polarization; Ring lasers; Silver; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452948
  • Filename
    4452948