Programmable frequency reference for subkilohertz laser stabilization by use of persistent spectral hole burning

Authors
Sellin, PB Strickland, NM Carlsten, JL Cone, RL
Citation
Pb. Sellin et al., Programmable frequency reference for subkilohertz laser stabilization by use of persistent spectral hole burning, OPTICS LETT, 24(15), 1999, pp. 1038-1040
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
15
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1038 - 1040
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990801)24:15<1038:PFRFSL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We report what is believed to be the first demonstration of laser frequency stabilization directly to persistent spectral holes in a solid-state mater ial. The frequency reference material was deuterated CaF2:Tm3+ prepared wit h 25-MHz-wide persistent spectral holes on the H-3(6) --> H-3(4) transition at 798 nm. The beat frequency between two lasers that were independently l ocked to persistent spectral holes in separate crystal samples showed typic al root Allan variances of 780 +/- 120 Hz for 20-50-ms integration times. ( C) 1999 Optical Society of America.