A Rb 532 nm Stark anomalous dispersion optical filter for doubled Nd:YAG lasers

Author

Yin, B. ; Shay, T.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

15-18 Nov 1993

Firstpage

359

Lastpage

360

Abstract

A Rb 532 nm Stark anomalous dispersion optical filter consists of an atomic vapor cell between crossed polarizers subjected to an electrical field transverse to the optical path, and a constant magnetic field along the optical path. The color glass filters are used to reject the infrared radiation. The 795 nm optical pumping is needed to populate the lower level of the filter transition. When linearly polarized light travels through a dispersive atomic vapor cell, a polarization rotation occurs. This polarization rotation is mainly due to the resonant Faraday effect

Keywords

Faraday effect; Stark effect; electro-optical filters; optical dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical rotation; rubidium; tuning; 532 nm; 795 nm; Rb; Stark anomalous dispersion optical filter; atomic vapor cell; color glass filters; constant magnetic field; crossed polarizers; dispersive atomic vapor cell; doubled Nd:YAG lasers; electrical field; filter transition; infrared radiation; linearly polarized light; lower level; optical pumping; polarization rotation; resonant Faraday effect; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Dispersion; Glass; Magnetic fields; Magnetic separation; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1263-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1993.379189

Filename

379189