Injection-locked diode laser current modulation for Pound-Drever-Hall frequency stabilization using transfer cavities

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1394-1398

  Liekhus Schmaltz, C E ^a   Mantifel, R ^a,b   Torabifard, M ^a   Burgess, I B ^a,c   Martin, J D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE MODULATION; RUBIDIUM; VAPORS;

ANTI-SYMMETRIC; EXTERNAL-CAVITY DIODE LASER; FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; HYPERFINES; INJECTION LOCKED; LASER CURRENTS; OPTICAL TRANSFER; POUND-DREVER-HALL; POUND-DREVER-HALL TECHNIQUE; RF CURRENT SOURCE; TRANSFER CAVITY; TUNABILITIES; VAPOR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 84861835276     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.001394     Document Type: Article

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