A laser system for the excitation of rubidium Rydberg states using second harmonic generation in a PPLN waveguide crystal
Optics
2015-05-20 v2
Abstract
We report on a laser system at a wavelength of 495 nm which is suitable for the excitations of low lying Rydberg states of rubidium atoms. The system is based on frequency doubling of a seeded diode laser in a periodically poled waveguide crystal. We achieve an output power of up to 35 mW and prove the single frequency performance by direct two photon laser spectroscopy of the rubidium 14D_5/2 and 14D_3/2 states. The measured fine structure splitting is consistent with quantum defect theory calculations.
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@article{arxiv.1012.1631,
title = {A laser system for the excitation of rubidium Rydberg states using second harmonic generation in a PPLN waveguide crystal},
author = {Andreas Koglbauer and Peter Würtz and Tatjana Gericke and Herwig Ott},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.1631},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures