English

Frequency-Stabilized Deep-UV Laser at 243.1 nm with 1.4 W output power

Atomic Physics 2018-11-27 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate a 1.4 W continuous wavelength (CW) laser at 243.1 nm. The radiation is generated through frequency quadrupling the output of a ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier system which produces >> 10 W of CW power at 972.5 nm. We demonstrate absolute frequency control by locking the laser to an optical frequency comb and exciting the 1S-2S transition in atomic hydrogen. This frequency-stabilized, high-power deep-UV laser should be of significant interest for precision spectroscopy of simple and exotic atoms, two-photon laser cooling of hydrogen, and Raman spectroscopy.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1811.09874,
  title  = {Frequency-Stabilized Deep-UV Laser at 243.1 nm with 1.4 W output power},
  author = {Z. Burkley and A. D. Brandt and C. Rasor and S. F. Cooper and D. C. Yost},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.09874},
  year   = {2018}
}