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High-accuracy wavemeter based on a stabilized diode laser

Instrumentation and Detectors 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We have built a high-accuracy wavelength meter for tunable lasers using a scanning Michelson interferometer and a reference laser of known wavelength. The reference laser is a frequency stabilized diode laser locked to an atomic transition in Rb. The wavemeter has a statistical error per measurement of 5 parts in 10710^7 which can be reduced considerably by averaging. Using a second stabilized diode laser, we have verified that systematic errors are below 4 parts in 10810^8.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0204019,
  title  = {High-accuracy wavemeter based on a stabilized diode laser},
  author = {Ayan Banerjee and Umakant D. Rapol and Ajay Wasan and Vasant Natarajan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0204019},
  year   = {2007}
}

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3 pages, 2 figures