Acta Sinica Quantum Optica
Double-resonance Excited-state Optical-pumping Spectra of Rubidium Atoms and its Application for Frequency Stabilization of 1.5 μm Semiconductor Laser
Junmin Wang
Abstract
We demonstrate the spectra of 87Rb 5S1/2-5P3/2-4D3/2(4D5/2) transitions by utilizing the double-resonance optical-pumping(DROP) and optical-optical double-resonance(OODR) techniques,respectively.The DROP spectrum,compared with the traditional OODR spectrum,shows a much better signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) and narrower linewidth.When frequency of 1 529 nm external-cavity diode laser is stabilized to the DROP spectrum of 87Rb 5P3/2(F′=3)-4D3/2(F″=3) transition,the preliminary result of residual frequency jitter after being locked is~0.65 MHz within 300 s.This result is clearly much better than that in case of frequency stabilized by using OODR scheme(~1.8 MHz within 300 s).