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Construction and Characterization of External Cavity Diode Lasers for Atomic Physics
Published on: April 24, 2014
Compact diode-laser based rubidium frequency reference
N Vukicevic1, A S Zibrov, L Hollberg
1Time and Frequency Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. and Technol., Boulder, CO.
Abstract:
The performance of a simple microwave frequency reference based on Raman scattering in an atomic vapor is examined. This reference has the potential to be compact, low-power, and insensitive to acceleration. Several design architectures have been evaluated with a table-top experiment in order to guide the future development of a compact system. Fractional frequency deviations of =5x10(-11) appear to be feasible.

