Dye laser spectrometer for ultrahigh spectral resolution: design and performance
1982; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 21; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1364/ao.21.001686
ISSN0003-6935
AutoresJ. Helmcke, S. A. Lee, J. L. Hall,
Tópico(s)Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
ResumoA dye laser spectrometer for ultrahigh spectral resolution is described. The laser frequency is stabilized to the side of a transmission fringe of an optical cavity by means of the usual differencing servo technique. With an intralaser-cavity AD(*)P phase modulator, driven by improved fast servo electronics, the linewidth of the jet stream dye laser was reduced to 1.8 kHz rms. With fast amplitude stabilization a 1.0-kHz line-width was observed. Good long-term stability and digital frequency scanning (with a step resolution of 1 kHz and a continuous tuning range of 900 MHz) are accomplished by transferring the long-term stability of an I(2)-stabilized He-Ne laser to the dye laser via a second optical cavity and an offset locked He-Ne laser. A drift rate of <1 kHz/min was obtained while using this dye laser spectrometer to investigate two-photon optical Ramsey fringes. A fringe width of the Ramsey features of 17 kHz has been observed, confirming for the first time the high resolution capability of two-photon optical Ramsey resonances.
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