A NEW OPTICAL-PUMPING SCHEME USING A FREQUENCY-MODULATED SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER FOR HE-4 MAGNETOMETERS

Authors
CHERON B GILLES H HAMEL J MOREAU O NOEL E
Citation
B. Cheron et al., A NEW OPTICAL-PUMPING SCHEME USING A FREQUENCY-MODULATED SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER FOR HE-4 MAGNETOMETERS, Optics communications, 115(1-2), 1995, pp. 71-74
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
115
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
71 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1995)115:1-2<71:ANOSUA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Recently, a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser diode was develope d by Spectra Diode Labs for helium optical pumping experiments. An int eresting feature is the possibility of frequency modulation of the dio de output by modulating the current intensity leading to a new pumping scheme, never reported before. An application to the realisation of v ery simple earth magnetometers without external modulators or external RF field is proposed.