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Characterizing Far-infrared Laser Emissions and the Measurement of Their Frequencies
Published on: December 18, 2015
6W, 1 kHz linewidth, tunable continuous-wave near-infrared laser
Sheng-wey Chiow1, Sven Herrmann, Holger Müller
1Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA.swchiow@stanford.edu
Abstract:
A modified Coherent 899-21 titanium sapphire laser is injection locked to produce 6-6.5 W of single-frequency light at 852 nm. After closed-loop amplitude control and frequency stabilization to a high-finesse cavity, it delivers 4-4.5 W with < 1 kHz linewidth at the output of a single-mode fiber. The laser is tunable from about 700-1000 nm; up to 8 W should be possible at 750-810 nm.
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