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Dark line resonance in Rb 87 for auto-stabilization of the repetition rate

Ladan Arissian, Jean‐Claude Diels

Published May 1, 2006• 0 citations

Abstract

We demonstrate dark resonance spectroscopy by scanning solely the repetition rate of the laser, without a need to control the random mode frequency fluctuations. This properties opens the possibility of stabilization without electronics.

DOI: 10.1109/cleo.2006.4628262

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