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Compact, thermal-noise-limited optical cavity for diode laser stabilization at 1×10^−15

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We demonstrate phase and frequency stabilization of a diode laser at the thermal noise limit of a passive optical cavity. The system is compact and exploits a cavity design that reduces vibration sensitivity. The subhertz laser is characterized by comparison with a second independent system with similar fractional frequency stability (1x10(-15) at 1 s). The laser is further characterized by resolving a 2 Hz wide, ultranarrow optical clock transition in ultracold strontium.

Source: Optics Letters

DOI: 10.1364/ol.32.000641

Authors: A. D. Ludlow, X. Huang, M. Notcutt, T. Zanon-Willette, S. M. Foreman, M. M. Boyd, S. Blatt, J. Ye

Institutions: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Frequency and Time Standards

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1989221171

FWCI: 19.94

Cites: 16

Cited by: 376

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