NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR FREQUENCY STABILIZATION OF FAR-INFRARED LASERS

Citation
R. Bocquet et al., NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR FREQUENCY STABILIZATION OF FAR-INFRARED LASERS, International journal of infrared and millimeter waves, 17(7), 1996, pp. 1181-1192
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied",Optics
ISSN journal
01959271
Volume
17
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1181 - 1192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-9271(1996)17:7<1181:NPFFSO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
All spectrometers based on the use of a far infrared laser present the drawback of the laser frequency uncertainty. Even if the knowledge of the laser frequency is very precise, a shift of the laser cavity leng th is always present, limiting the spectrometer frequency accuracy to 500 kHz. The goal of this paper is to give a solution to this drawback in demonstrating the feasibility of a frequency stabilization of the far infrared laser.