Frequency stabilization of frequency-doubled Nd: YAG lasers at 532 nm by frequency modulation spectroscopy technique

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 540-543

  Galzerano, Gianluca ^a,b   Bava, Elio ^a,b   Bisi, Marco ^c   Bertinetto, Fabrizio ^c   Svelto, Cesare ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Metrologia Gustavo Colonnetti   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absolute frequency stabilization; Frequency measurements; Frequency modulation spectroscopy; Hyperfine structure constants; Iodine hyperfine structure; Solid state laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000500508     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.769653     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. M.L. Eickhoff and J. L. Hall, "Optical frequency Standard at 532 nm," IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., vol. 44, pp. 155-158, Apr. 1995.
2. 2 hyperfine structure near 532 nm," J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B, vol. 10, pp. 1990-1997, Nov. 1993.
3. A. Abramovici, W. E. Althouse, R. W. P. Drever, Y. Gursel, S. Kawamura, F. J. Raab, D. Shoemaker, L. Sievers, R. E. Spero, K. S. Thorne, R. E. Vogt, R. Weiss, S. E. Whitcomb, and M. E. Zucker, "LIGO: The laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory," Science, vol. 256, pp. 325-333, 1992.
4. P.A. Junger, S. Swartz, M. Eickhoff, J. Ye, J. L. Hall, and S. Waltman, "Absolute frequency of the molecular iodine transition R(56)32-0 near 532 nm," IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., vol. 44, pp. 151-154, Apr. 1995.
5. Le Systéme International d'unités, 7th ed. BIPM-OICM, Annex 2, 1998, pp. 58-65.
6. G.C. Bjorklund, "Frequency-modulation spectroscopy: A new method for measuring weak absorptions and dispersions," Opt. Lett., vol. 5, Jan. 1980.
7. J.L. Hall, L. Hollberg, T. Baer, and H. G. Robinson, "Optical heterodyne saturation spectroscopy," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 39, p. 680, Nov. 1981.
8. D.C. Gerstenberger, G. E. Tye, and R. W. Wallace, "Efficient second-harmonic conversion of cw single frequency Nd : YAG laser light by frequency locking to a monolithic ring frequency doubler," Opt. Lett., vol. 16, pp. 992-994, July 1991.
9. S. Picard and A. Razet, "On the hyperfine structure of iodine - 2: To calculate hyperfine constants on the basis of experimental data," BIPM Rapport, BIPM/91-2, 1991.
10. M. Kroll, "Hyperfine structure in the visible molecular-iodine absorption spectrum," Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 23, pp. 631-633, Sept. 1969.
11. 2 at 514.5 nm," Chem. Phys. Lett., vol. 65, pp. 347-352, 1979.
12. A. Yokozeki and J. S. Muenter, "Laser fluorescence state selected and detected molecular beam magnetic resonance in 12," J. Chem. Phys., vol. 72, pp. 3796-3804, Mar. 1980.
13. 2 lines at 532 nm," this issue, pp. 544-549.