Injection locking of a low cost high power laser diode at 461 nm

Pagett, C. J.H. and Moriya, P. H. and Celistrino Teixeira, R. and Shiozaki, R. F. and Hemmerling, M. and Courteille, Ph W. (2016) Injection locking of a low cost high power laser diode at 461 nm. Review of Scientific Instruments, 87 (5). 053105. ISSN 0034-6748 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4947462)

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Abstract

Stable laser sources at 461 nm are important for optical cooling of strontium atoms. In most existing experiments, this wavelength is obtained by frequency doubling infrared lasers, since blue laser diodes either have low power or large emission bandwidths. Here, we show that injecting less than 10 mW of monomode laser radiation into a blue multimode 500 mW high power laser diode is capable of slaving at least 50% of the power to the desired frequency. We verify the emission bandwidth reduction by saturation spectroscopy on a strontium gas cell and by direct beating of the slave with the master laser. We also demonstrate that the laser can efficiently be used within the Zeeman slower for optical cooling of a strontium atomic beam.

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Pagett, C. J.H., Moriya, P. H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6761-191X, Celistrino Teixeira, R., Shiozaki, R. F., Hemmerling, M. and Courteille, Ph W.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:62613
    Dates:
    Date
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    4 May 2016
    Published
    10 April 2016
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    Notes:This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in Pagett, C. J. H., Moriya, P. H., Celistrino Teixeira, R., Shiozaki, R. F., Hemmerling, M., & Courteille, P. W. (2016). Injection locking of a low cost high power laser diode at 461 nm. Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(5), [053105] and may be found at https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4947462
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:15 Dec 2017 10:11
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 11:52
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/62613
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