Frequency-stabilized 1520 nm diode laser to rubidium two photon absorption

Author

Hsiang-Chen Chui ; Shaw, Sen-Yen ; Liu, Yi-Wei ; Shy, Jow-Tsong ; Roussev, Rostilav ; Fejer, Martin M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

15-19 Dec. 2003

Abstract

We obtained a sufficiently powerful second harmonic signal, excesses 10 mW, by doubling an external-cavity diode laser that is amplified to 95 mW by an erbium-doped fiber amplifier in a periodical poled lithium niobate waveguide to lock a frequency-doubled laser source directly to the 5S₁2/ → 7S₁2/ two photon transitions of rubidium. Our experimental scheme provides a compact, high-performance frequency standard in S-band (1460 nm ∼1525 nm) for fiber-optic communication and sensing applications.

Keywords

erbium; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; laser transitions; lithium compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; rubidium; semiconductor lasers; 1520 nm; 95 mW; LiNbO₃; Rb; diode laser; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; external-cavity diode laser; frequency-doubled laser; laser frequency stability; laser locking; periodical poled lithium niobate waveguide; rubidium two photon absorption; second harmonic signal; Absorption; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser transitions; Lithium niobate; Power lasers; Power system harmonics; Waveguide transitions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7766-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277186

Filename

1277186