Doppler-free spectroscopy of molecular iodine using a frequency-stable light source at 578 nm

Doppler-free spectroscopy of molecular iodine using a frequency-stable light source at 578 nm.

A stable light source obtained using sum-frequency generation (SFG) is developed for high-resolution spectroscopy at 578 nm. Hyperfine transitions of molecular iodine are observed by using the SFG light source with saturation spectroscopy. The light source is frequency stabilized to the observed hyperfine transition and achieves a stability of 2x10(-12) for a 1-s averaging time. The absolute fr...

Frequency stabilization of an external cavity diode laser to molecular iodine at 657.483 nm.

The saturation spectrum of the P(84) 5-5 transition of 127I2 at 657.483 nm is obtained with the third-harmonic demodulation method using an external cavity diode laser. The laser frequency is modulated by modulating the diode current instead of modulating the cavity length with a piezoelectric transducer (PZT). Current modulation allows a modulation frequency that is higher than PZT modulation....

Stable, 9.6 W, continuous-wave, single-frequency, fiber-based green source at 532 nm.

We present a stable, high-power, cw, single-frequency green source in a compact and practical design based on a simple single-pass second-harmonic generation of a cw ytterbium fiber laser at 1064 nm in MgO-doped periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO(3). Using a 30-mm-long crystal containing a single grating, we have generated 9.64 W of cw radiation at 532 nm with a fundamental power of 29.5 W...

Doppler-Free Saturation Spectroscopy

Doppler-free laser spectroscopy of buffer-gas- cooled molecular radicals

We demonstrate Doppler-free saturated absorption spectroscopy of cold molecular radicals formed by laser ablation inside a cryogenic buffer gas cell. By lowering the temperature, congested regions of the spectrum can be simplified, and by using different temperatures for different regions of the spectrum a wide range of rotational states can be studied optimally. We use the technique to study t...