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European Frequency and Time Forum

A High-Performance 852 nm Voigt Anomalous Dispersion Optical Filter for External-Cavity Diode Laser

Hangbo Shi, Zijie Liu, Xiaolei Guan, Tiantian Shi, Jingbiao Chen

Published Jun 25, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

The transmission spectrum of Voigt anomalous dispersion optical filter (VADOF) corresponds to atomic transition lines and VADOF has a smaller size and simpler structure than Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter (FADOF). We investigate the transmission spectrum of VADOF under different magnetic fields, temperatures and laser intensities. The results show that as the magnetic field increases, the transmittance of VAODF transmission spectrum decreases. At low temperatures, the transmittance of VAODF transmission spectrum becomes larger with the increase of temperature. With the increase of laser intensity, the transmission spectrum of VAODF becomes smoother, and the number of peaks becomes fewer. VADOF can be used as a frequency-selective element to build external-cavity diode lasers (ECDLs), which automatically align the laser frequency to the atomic transition lines and are more compact than Faraday lasers.

DOI
10.1109/eftf61992.2024.10722400

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