Absolute frequency stabilization of a tunable Tm : Ho : YAG laser to the HBrP(12) line at 2097 nm

Authors
Marano, M Laporta, P Sapia, A De Natale, P
Citation
M. Marano et al., Absolute frequency stabilization of a tunable Tm : Ho : YAG laser to the HBrP(12) line at 2097 nm, OPTICS LETT, 25(23), 2000, pp. 1702-1704
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
23
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1702 - 1704
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(200012)25:23<1702:AFSOAT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We demonstrate absolute frequency stabilization of a widely tunable Tm:Ho:Y AG laser by locking the oscillator to the P(12) absorption line of the (HBr )-Br-79 molecule at 2097.222 nm, using the fringe side-locking technique. W e perform time and spectral analysis of open- and closed-loop error signals to evaluate the frequency noise. In closed-loop operation a long-term freq uency stability of better than 2 MHz with rms frequency fluctuations of sim ilar to 112 kHz is obtained over an observation time of 10(3) s. (C) 2000 O ptical Society of America.