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An all-solid-state laser source at 671 nm for cold-atom experiments with lithium
- Source :
- Applied Physics B, Applied Physics B-Laser and Optics, Applied Physics B-Laser and Optics, Springer Verlag, 2012, 106 (1), pp.25-36. ⟨10.1007/s00340-011-4693-y⟩, Applied Physics B-Laser and Optics, 2012, 106 (1), pp.25-36. ⟨10.1007/s00340-011-4693-y⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- International audience; We present an all solid-state narrow line\-width laser source emitting $670\,\mathrm{mW}$ output power at $671\,\mathrm{nm}$ delivered in a diffraction-limited beam. The \linebreak source is based on a fre\-quency-doubled diode-end-\linebreak pumped ring laser operating on the ${^4F}_{3/2} \rightarrow {^4I}_{13/2}$ transition in Nd:YVO$_4$. By using periodically-poled po\-tassium titanyl phosphate (ppKTP) in an external build\-up cavity, doubling efficiencies of up to 86\% are obtained. Tunability of the source over $100\,\rm GHz$ is accomplished. We demonstrate the suitability of this robust frequency-stabilized light source for laser cooling of lithium atoms. Finally a simplified design based on intra-cavity doubling is described and first results are presented.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Laser cooling of atoms
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
[PHYS.COND.GAS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Quantum Gases [cond-mat.quant-gas]
Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
Laser source
Potassium titanyl phosphate
FOS: Physical sciences
General Physics and Astronomy
chemistry.chemical_element
Physics::Optics
Ring laser
02 engineering and technology
7. Clean energy
01 natural sciences
Physics - Atomic Physics
010309 optics
chemistry.chemical_compound
020210 optoelectronics & photonics
Ultracold atom
Laser cooling
0103 physical sciences
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Quantum optics
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ATOM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atomic Physics [physics.atom-ph]
business.industry
Diode-pumped solid state lasers
General Engineering
PACS 37.10.De
PACS 42.55.Xi
PACS 42.60.By
PACS 42.60.Pk
PACS 42.62.Fi
PACS 42.65.Ky
PACS 42.72.Ai
PACS 42.72.Bj
Lithium atoms
Frequency doubling
chemistry
Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
Optoelectronics
Lithium
Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases
business
Beam (structure)
Physics - Optics
Optics (physics.optics)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09462171
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 106, 25
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a24716ac18caa5789359d1de1f94c555
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4693-y