Laser frequency offset locking scheme for high-field imaging of cold atoms
Instrumentation and Detectors
2012-11-09 v4
Abstract
We present a simple and flexible frequency offset locking scheme developed for high-field imaging of ultra-cold atoms which relies on commercially available RF electronics only. The main new ingredient is the use of the sharp amplitude response of a home-made RF filter to provide an error signal for locking the lasers. We were able to offset lock two independent diode lasers within a capture range of 200 MHz, and with a tuning range of up to 1.4GHz. The beat-note residual fluctuations for offset locked lasers are below 2MHz for integration times of several hundreds of seconds.
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@article{arxiv.1108.6045,
title = {Laser frequency offset locking scheme for high-field imaging of cold atoms},
author = {Graciana Puentes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.6045},
year = {2012}
}
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5 Pages, 7 Figures