A visible extended cavity diode laser for the undergraduate laboratory

Authors
Conroy, RS Carleton, A Carruthers, A Sinclair, BD Rae, CF Dholakia, K
Citation
Rs. Conroy et al., A visible extended cavity diode laser for the undergraduate laboratory, AM J PHYS, 68(10), 2000, pp. 925-931
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00029505 → ACNP
Volume
68
Issue
10
Year of publication
2000
Pages
925 - 931
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(200010)68:10<925:AVECDL>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We demonstrate how to construct a simple single-frequency extended cavity d iode laser (ECDL) for the undergraduate laboratory using mainly standard op to-mechanical components. This ECDL is operated with both 635 and 670 nm la ser diodes. We present three experiments that can be performed using this E CDL, namely spectroscopic studies of iodine, second harmonic generation, an d an optical heterodyne experiment using the ECDL with a helium-neon laser. (C) 2000 American Association of Physics Teachers.