A polarisation spectrometer locked diode laser for trapping cold atoms

GP Lancaster; RS Conroy; MA Clifford; J Arlt; Kishan Dholakia

doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00433-2

A polarisation spectrometer locked diode laser for trapping cold atoms

GP Lancaster, RS Conroy, MA Clifford, J Arlt, Kishan Dholakia

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We have modelled and used polarisation spectroscopy to lock a very compact, high-performance extended cavity diode laser system to the Rb-85 (F = 3 to F' = 4) transition. The laser has a linewidth of 135 kHz. Using this system we have trapped and cooled 1.5 X 10(8) Rb atoms in a magneto-optical trap. Atoms remained continuously trapped in the MOT for several minutes. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-84
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	170
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00433-2
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 1999

Keywords

laser cooling
atom traps
external cavity diode lasers
GRATING FEEDBACK
VAPOR-CELL
SYSTEM
LINE

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