External cavity diode laser high resolution spectroscopy of the Ca and Sr intercombination lines for the development of a transportable frequency/length standard

Author

Celikov, A. ; Kersten, P. ; Riehle, F. ; Zinner, G. ; Evelyn, L.D. ; Zibrov, A. ; Velichansky, V. ; Helmcke, J.

Author_Institution

P.N. Lebedev Phys. Inst., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

fYear

1995

fDate

31 May-2 Jun 1995

Firstpage

153

Lastpage

160

Abstract

Capabilities of a high resolution diode laser spectrometer have been demonstrated by performing spectroscopy with thermal Ca and Sr atoms in an atomic beam and with laser cooled Ca atoms in a magneto optical trap. The minimum spectral linewidth of the observed fringes is as narrow as 1.5 kHz, allowing a small scale diode laser transfer frequency/length standard with a very low level of uncertainty

Keywords

atomic beams; frequency measurement; length measurement; magneto-optical devices; measurement standards; particle traps; radiation pressure; semiconductor lasers; visible spectroscopy; Ca; Sr; atomic beam; external cavity diode laser; high resolution spectroscopy; intercombination lines; laser cooling; laser spectrometer; magneto optical trap; minimum spectral linewidth; small scale diode; transportable frequency/length standard; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser stability; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Power lasers; Spectroscopy; Strontium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium, 1995. 49th., Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2500-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1995.483896

Filename

483896