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FM dye lasers

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We have investigated the detailed operation of a frequency modulated dye laser (FML). The FML consists of a standing wave Rh6G dye laser with an intracavity transverse ADP phase modulator which is driven at a frequency close to the cavity mode spacing. An ideal FML output consists of a laser beam which is constant in amplitude but sinusoidally varying in frequency. This provides a source of many laser modes which are equally spaced by the modulation frequency. Several dye laser configurations have been investigated. Measurements of the mode intensities, total power, amplitude modulation and rf beat amplitudes have been made as a function of the rf driving frequency of the phase modulator. The FM laser obtained has been frequency stabilised by locking it to a reference interferometer and also by frequency offset locking it to a single-frequency dye laser.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Southampton, S09 5NH, Southampton, UK

    D. M. Kane, S. R. Bramwell & A. I. Ferguson

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Kane, D.M., Bramwell, S.R. & Ferguson, A.I. FM dye lasers. Appl. Phys. B 39, 171–178 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00697415

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