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Frequency evaluation of collimated blue light generated by wave mixing in Rb vapour

Atomic Physics 2013-01-31 v1

Abstract

An evaluation of the absolute frequency and tunability of collimated blue light (CBL) generated in warm Rb vapour excited by low-power cw laser radiation at 780 nm and 776 nm, has been performed using a Fabry-Perot interferometer and a blue diode laser. For the conditions of our experiments the CBL tuning range is more than 100 MHz around the resonant frequency of the 85Rb 5S1/2 (F=3) to 6P3/2 (F'=4) transition. A simple technique for stabilizing the power and frequency of the CBL to within a few percent and 10 MHz, respectively, is suggested and demonstrated.

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@article{arxiv.1207.4853,
  title  = {Frequency evaluation of collimated blue light generated by wave mixing in Rb vapour},
  author = {Alexander Akulshin and Christopher Perrella and Gar-Wing Truong and Russell McLean and Andre Luiten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.4853},
  year   = {2013}
}

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8 pages, 6 figures