Comparison of different methods of locking a tunable diode laser to iodine transitions for applications in interferometry

Author

Irnkenberg, F. ; Lazar, Josef ; Abou-Zeid, Azza

Author_Institution

Phys. Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

133

Abstract

Summary form only given. With the aim of increasing the coherence length of 633-nm laser diodes and realizing a large tuning range, an external-cavity diode laser (ECL) in the Littman design was set up. The front facet of the laser diode was antireflection coated and the light from the diode is reflected back via a fixed grating and a rotatable mirror.

Keywords

antireflection coatings; diffraction gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser mirrors; laser transitions; laser tuning; light interferometry; measurement standards; optical films; semiconductor lasers; 633 nm; Littman design; antireflection coated; coherence length; external-cavity diode laser; fixed grating; interferometry; iodine transitions; large tuning range; laser diodes; laser frequency stablity; laser mirrors; measurement standards; rotatable mirror; tunable diode laser frequency locking; Diode lasers; Flexible manufacturing systems; Frequency; Laser tuning; Lasers and electrooptics; Power generation; Semiconductor lasers; Spectroscopy; Stability; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.675961

Filename

675961