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A simple and low-cost setup for part per billion level frequency stabilization and characterization of red He-Ne laser

Instrumentation and Detectors 2023-06-02 v2 Chemical Physics Optics

Abstract

This work describes the frequency stabilization of a dual longitudinal mode, red (632.8 nm) He-Ne laser, implemented using a low-cost microcontroller and its performance characterization using a simple interferometric method. Our studies demonstrate that frequency stability up to 0.42 MHz (3σ\sigma, 17 hours) can be achieved using this set up. This simple and low-cost system can serve as an excellent part per billion level frequency reference for several high resolution spectroscopy based applications.

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@article{arxiv.2202.09577,
  title  = {A simple and low-cost setup for part per billion level frequency stabilization and characterization of red He-Ne laser},
  author = {Saurabh Kumar Singh and Avinash Kumar and Pranav R. Shirhatti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.09577},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

7 pages, 6 figures Files corresponding to the data presented in this manuscript and the supplementary information can be accessed at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152400 The updated version contains the description of an improved version of the previous experimental setup and its performance evaluation