Compact tuneable external cavity diode laser with diffraction limited 1 W optical power, and their application in BEC and CRDS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5452, Issue , 2004, Pages 645-653

  Stry, Sandra ^a   Hildebrandt, Lars ^a   Sacher, Joachim ^a  

^a Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BEC; Bose Einstein condensate; Cavity ring down; CRDS; Diffraction limited; Diode laser; ECDL; External cavity laser; High power diode laser; Laser diode; Rubidium absorption; Tunable laser

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COOLING; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; LIGHT SOURCES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RUBIDIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BOSE EINSTEIN CONDENSATES (BEC); CAVITY RING DOWN; CAVITY-RING-DOWN-SPECTROSCOPY (CRDS); DIFFRACTION LIMITED; EXTERNAL CAVITY DIODE LASER SYSTEM (ECDL); EXTERNAL CAVITY LASERS; HIGH POWER DIODE LASERS; RUBIDIUM ABSORPTION; TUNABLE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 12344263963     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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