An ultrastable laser system at 689 nm for cooling and trapping of strontium
We present a 689-nm cavity-based laser system for cooling and trapping strontium atoms. The laser is stabilized to a high-finesse cavity by the Pound-Drever-Hall technique, exhibiting a frequency stability in the 10−1410−1410^{-14} range for averaging times up to 100 s. A cavity drift of 8 kHz per d...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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20 October 2019
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Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics
Year: 2019, Volume: 125, Issue: 11 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0649 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00340-019-7328-3 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-019-7328-3
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| Author Notes: | Chang Qiao, C.Z. Tan, F.C. Hu, Luc Couturier, Ingo Nosske, Peng Chen, Y.H. Jiang, Bing Zhu, Matthias Weidemüller |
| Summary: | We present a 689-nm cavity-based laser system for cooling and trapping strontium atoms. The laser is stabilized to a high-finesse cavity by the Pound-Drever-Hall technique, exhibiting a frequency stability in the 10−1410−1410^{-14} range for averaging times up to 100 s. A cavity drift of 8 kHz per day is mapped out and compensated. At short times, the laser exhibits a linewidth of a few kilohertz. With this laser system, we realize a magneto-optical trap of strontium operated on the narrow inter-combination transition yielding sub-microkelvin temperatures, and demonstrate absorption spectroscopy on the strontium inter-combination line. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 04.12.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1432-0649 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00340-019-7328-3 |