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We present a spectroscopy scheme for the 7-kHz-wide 689-nm intercombination line of strontium. We rely on shelving detection, where electrons are first excited to a metastable state by the spectroscopy laser before their state is probed…

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Programmability and precise control of laser frequency are essential for quantum experiments and applications such as atomic clocks, quantum computers, and cold-atom sensors. Current systems use bulky, power-hungry modulators and frequency…

Ultra-stable lasers and optical frequency combs have been the enabling technologies for the tremendous progress of precise optical spectroscopy in the last ten years. To improve laser frequency stabilization beyond the thermal-noise…

We present the complete characterization of a laser setup for rubidium cooling dedicated to space applications. The experimental setup is realized with commercial off-the-shelf fiber components suitable for space applications. By frequency…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-08-29 Thomas Lévèque , Laura Antoni-Micollier , Benoit Faure , Jacques Berthon

In this letter, we demonstrate a technique of making an ultrastable laser referenced to a multi-cavity, corresponding to a lower thermal noise limit due to the larger equivalent beam size. The multi-cavity consists of several pairs of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-02-07 Zhaoyang Tai , Lulu Yan , Yanyan Zhang , Pan Zhang , Xiaofei Zhang , Wenge Guo , Shougang Zhang , Haifeng Jiang

We demonstrate stabilisation of an ultraviolet diode laser via Doppler free spectroscopy of Ytterbium ions in a discharge. Our technique employs polarization spectroscopy, which produces a natural dispersive lineshape whose zero-crossing is…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Michael W Lee , Marie Claire Jarratt , Christian Marciniak , Michael J Biercuk

The realization of robust quantum storage devices relies on the ability to generate long-lived, spatially localized quantum states. In this work, we introduce a method for the targeted creation of compact excitations in flat-band lattices.…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-12 Carlo Danieli , Jie Liu , Rudolf A. Römer , Rodrigo A. Vicencio

We experimentally demonstrate synchronization between two distinct ensembles of cold atoms undergoing steady state superradiance within a single longitudinal and transverse mode of the same optical cavity. The synchronization process is…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-03-15 Joshua M. Weiner , Kevin C. Cox , Justin G. Bohnet , James K. Thompson

Light from a Tm,Ho:YLF laser operating at 2051 nm is frequency doubled then coupled into a high Fabry-Perot cavity with manufacturer quoted finesse in excess of 300,000. The frequency of the laser is stabilized using the Pound-Drever-Hall…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-05-24 Adam Kleczewski , Matthew Hoffman , Eric Magnuson , Boris Blinov , Norval Fortson

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a technology that allows secure key exchange between two distant users. A widespread adoption of QKD requires the development of simple, low-cost, and stable systems. However, implementation of the current…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Di Ma , Xin Liu , Chunfeng Huang , Huasheng Chen , Huanbin Lin , Kejin Wei

We present and analyze a method of laser frequency stabilization via steady-state patterns of spectral holes in Eu$^{3+}$:Y$_2$SiO$_5$. Three regions of spectral holes are created, spaced in frequency by the ground state hyperfine…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-07-01 Shon Cook , Till Rosenband , David R. Leibrandt

We present a current-modulation technique for diode-laser systems that is specifically designed for high-bandwidth laser-frequency stabilization and wideband frequency modulation with a flat transfer function. It consists of a dedicated…

Optics · Physics 2022-12-06 Tilman Preuschoff , Patrick Baus , Malte Schlosser , Gerhard Birkl

Few-cycle pulsed laser technology highlights the need for control and stabilization of the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) for applications requiring shot-to-shot timing and phase consistency. This general requirement has been achieved…

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Optical clocks require an ultra-stable laser to probe and precisely measure the frequency of the narrow-linewidth clock transition. We introduce a portable ultraviolet (UV) laser system for use in an aluminum quantum logic clock,…

We describe the design and implementation of a stable high-power 1064 nm laser system to generate optical lattices for experiments with ultracold quantum gases. The system is based on a low-noise laser amplified by an array of four heavily…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-03-27 A. Mazurenko , S. Blatt , F. Huber , M. F. Parsons , C. S. Chiu , G. Ji , D. Greif , M. Greiner

In practical implementation of quantum key distributions (QKD), it requires efficient, real-time feedback control to maintain system stability when facing disturbance from either external environment or imperfect internal components.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-07 Jing-Yang Liu , Hua-Jian Ding , Chun-Mei Zhang , Shi-Peng Xie , Qin Wang

Stabilizer codes are the most widely studied class of quantum error-correcting codes and form the basis of most proposals for a fault-tolerant quantum computer. A stabilizer code is defined by a set of parity-check operators, which are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-15 Eric Sabo , Lane G. Gunderman , Benjamin Ide , Michael Vasmer , Guillaume Dauphinais