Absolute frequency stabilization of a single-frequency Tm-Ho:YAG laser to an absorption line of HBr at 2097 nm

Author

Marano, M. ; Laporta, P. ; Sapia, A. ; De Natale, P. ; Cosentino, A.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

437

Lastpage

438

Abstract

Summary form only given. Tm-Ho lasers emitting in the eye-safe region around 2 micron are promising candidates for coherent Doppler velocimetry and high-sensitivity DIAL measurements of the atmosphere. A frequency-stabilized master oscillator is a key component for injection locking of the Q-switched slave oscillator in any coherent laser radar system. We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, the possibility of locking a Cw Tm-Ho:YAG laser to a molecular absorption line of H/sup 79/Br at 2097.222 nm by means of the fringe-side-locking (FSL) technique.

Keywords

Q-switching; holmium; hydrogen compounds; infrared spectra; laser beams; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser tuning; solid lasers; thulium; 2 mum; 2097 nm; 2097.222 nm; H/sup 79/Br; HBr; Q-switched slave oscillator; Tm,Ho-doped lasers; Tm,Ho:YAG laser; YAG:Tm,Ho; YAl5O12:Tm,Ho; absolute frequency stabilization; absorption line; atmosphere; coherent Doppler velocimetry; coherent laser radar system; eye-safe region; frequency-stabilized master oscillator; fringe-side-locking technique; high-sensitivity DIAL measurements; injection locking; molecular absorption line; single-frequency laser; Absorption; Frequency; Laser stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907218

Filename

907218