Title :
Use of an opto-galvanic effect to frequency-lock a continuous wave dye laser
Author :
Green, Robert B. ; Keller, Richard A. ; Luther, Gabriel G. ; Schenck, Peter K. ; Travis, John C.
Author_Institution :
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
2/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An electrical signal, derived from a gas discharge irradiated by a CW dye laser, is used to lock the laser to characteristic transition frequencies of species in the discharge. The technique may be used with commercial hollow cathode lamps to lock to both resonance and excited state transitions in a wide variety of elements.
Keywords :
Atom lasers; Cathodes; Frequency; Gas lasers; Lamps; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Optical scattering; Resonance;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1977.1069279
