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Semiconductor laser active frequency stabilization technologies: a review

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Laser frequency stabilization is one of the key technologies in atomic physics experimental system. In this paper, the basic principles, and features and the latest research progress on various kinds of semiconductor laser, active frequency stabilization techniques based on different locking reference standards are systematically described, and their practical applications in different fields are briefly overviewed. Finally, we provide a prospective development trends for semiconductor laser, active frequency stabilization technologies.

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This work was supported by the Major Scientific Project of Zhejiang Laboratory (2019MB0AE01). Y. W. initiated the manuscript. Y. W., B. S. and X. L. participated in the revision of the manuscript. Y. W. provided overall supervision. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Wu, Y., Sun, B. & Li, X. Semiconductor laser active frequency stabilization technologies: a review. J. Korean Phys. Soc. 79, 795–809 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40042-021-00308-7

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