Long-external-cavity distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth
We report on a simple, compact, and robust 780 nm distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth. An external cavity with optical path length of 3.6 m, implemented with an optical fiber, reduces the laser frequency noise by several orders of magnitude. At frequencies above 1...
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| author | Lin, Qian Van Camp, Mackenzie Anne Zhang, Hao Jelenkovic, Branislav Vuletic, Vladan |
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| description | We report on a simple, compact, and robust 780 nm distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth. An external cavity with optical path length of 3.6 m, implemented with an optical fiber, reduces the laser frequency noise by several orders of magnitude. At frequencies above 100 kHz the frequency noise spectral density is reduced by over 33 dB, resulting in an intrinsic Lorentzian linewidth of 300 Hz. The remaining low-frequency noise is easily removed by stabilization to an external reference cavity. We further characterize the influence of feedback power and current variation on the intrinsic linewidth. The system is suitable for experiments requiring a tunable laser with narrow linewidth and low high-frequency noise, such as coherent optical communication, optical clocks, and cavity QED experiments. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/766462022-09-26T17:44:04Z Long-external-cavity distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth Lin, Qian Van Camp, Mackenzie Anne Zhang, Hao Jelenkovic, Branislav Vuletic, Vladan Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms Lin, Qian Van Camp, Mackenzie Anne Zhang, Hao Vuletic, Vladan We report on a simple, compact, and robust 780 nm distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth. An external cavity with optical path length of 3.6 m, implemented with an optical fiber, reduces the laser frequency noise by several orders of magnitude. At frequencies above 100 kHz the frequency noise spectral density is reduced by over 33 dB, resulting in an intrinsic Lorentzian linewidth of 300 Hz. The remaining low-frequency noise is easily removed by stabilization to an external reference cavity. We further characterize the influence of feedback power and current variation on the intrinsic linewidth. The system is suitable for experiments requiring a tunable laser with narrow linewidth and low high-frequency noise, such as coherent optical communication, optical clocks, and cavity QED experiments. 2013-01-30T15:26:31Z 2013-01-30T15:26:31Z 2012-05 2013-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0146-9592 1539-4794 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76646 Lin, Qian et al. “Long-external-cavity Distributed Bragg Reflector Laser with Subkilohertz Intrinsic Linewidth.” Optics Letters 37.11 (2012): 1989. © 2012 Optical Society of America https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5450-8809 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-0538 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.001989 Optics Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Optical Society of America MIT web domain |
| spellingShingle | Lin, Qian Van Camp, Mackenzie Anne Zhang, Hao Jelenkovic, Branislav Vuletic, Vladan Long-external-cavity distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth |
| title | Long-external-cavity distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth |
| title_full | Long-external-cavity distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth |
| title_fullStr | Long-external-cavity distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-external-cavity distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth |
| title_short | Long-external-cavity distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth |
| title_sort | long external cavity distributed bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76646 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5450-8809 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-0538 |
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