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Allan-variance measurements of diode laser frequency-stabilized with a thin vapor cell

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A novel method of stabilizing laser frequency that uses a sub-Doppler spectrum of atoms in a thin vapor cell has been developed. The extended-cavity diode laser is frequency-locked to a hyperfine component of the Cs D2 line. The linewidth and the signal-to-noise ratio of the spectrum are systematically investigated to find a cell length that gives best long-term frequency stability. In the Allan-variance measurements on the beat note between two lasers thus stabilized, a frequency stability of 6.2×10-11 is achieved at an averaging time of 5 s.

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  1. Communications Research Laboratory, Applied Research and Standards Division, 4-2-1 Nukuikita-machi, Koganei, 184-8795, Tokyo, Japan

    K. Fukuda

  2. University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-8581, Chiba, Japan

    M. Tachikawa

  3. Department of Physics, Meiji University, 1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, 214-8571, Kanagawa, Japan

    M. Kinoshita

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42.62.Fi, 42.60.Lh, 39.30.+w

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1356-7.

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Fukuda, K., Tachikawa, M. & Kinoshita, M. Allan-variance measurements of diode laser frequency-stabilized with a thin vapor cell. Appl. Phys. B 77, 823–827 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1286-4

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