Laser frequency stabilization using regenerative spectral hole burning

N. M. Strickland, P. B. Sellin, Y. Sun, J. L. Carlsten, and R. L. Cone
Phys. Rev. B 62, 1473 – Published 15 July 2000
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Abstract

We demonstrate laser frequency stabilization using a continuously regenerated transient spectral hole in an inhomogeneously broadened resonance of a solid. Regenerative transient holes provide extreme stabilization for time scales appropriate for spectroscopy, signal processing, ranging, and interferometry. Stabilization to 20 Hz on a 10-ms time scale using spectral holes at 793 nm in Tm3+:Y3Al5O12 gives substantial improvement in the reliability of stimulated photon echoes in the same material and enables the observation of a third population storage mechanism for hole burning in Tm3+:Y3Al5O12.

  • Received 5 April 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.1473

©2000 American Physical Society

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N. M. Strickland, P. B. Sellin, Y. Sun, J. L. Carlsten, and R. L. Cone

  • Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717

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Vol. 62, Iss. 3 — 15 July 2000

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