Long-term miniaturized stabilization of ultrafast laser based on rubidium coherent population trapping atomic resonator

Author

Jiutao Wu ; Dong Hou ; Zhong Wang ; Jianye Zhao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Peking Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

21-25 July 2013

Firstpage

904

Lastpage

907

Abstract

Many locking approaches have been exploited to stabilize the mode-locked laser (MLL), helping to generate high-stable microwave sources. We present a novel miniaturized stabilization scheme for MLL, based on a rubidium coherent population trapping (CPT) atomic resonator. By directly frequency-locking the repetition rate of the MLL to a ⁸⁵Rb CPT resonance, we demonstrate a very small stabilization system (length of 5 cm, width of 5 cm and height of 2.2 cm) for MLL with a long-term instability of ~3×10^-12.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; light coherence; light sources; radiation pressure; rubidium; ⁸⁵Rb CPT resonance; MLL; frequency-locking; high-stable microwave sources; long-term instability; long-term miniaturized stabilization; mode-locked laser; repetition rate; rubidium coherent population trapping atomic resonator; size 2.2 cm; size 5 cm; stabilization system; ultrafast laser; Atomic clocks; Laser stability; Masers; Microwave oscillators; Phase noise; Resonant frequency; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; coherent population trapping; frequency stabilization; ultrafast laser;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

European Frequency and Time Forum & International Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF/IFC), 2013 Joint

Conference_Location

Prague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EFTF-IFC.2013.6702117

Filename

6702117