Kilohertz-resolution spectroscopy of cold atoms with an optical frequency comb.

نویسندگان

  • T M Fortier
  • Y Le Coq
  • J E Stalnaker
  • D Ortega
  • S A Diddams
  • C W Oates
  • L Hollberg
چکیده

We have performed sub-Doppler spectroscopy on the narrow intercombination line of cold calcium atoms using the amplified output of a femtosecond laser frequency comb. Injection locking of a 657-nm diode laser with a femtosecond comb allows for two regimes of amplification, one in which many lines of the comb are amplified, and one where a single line is predominantly amplified. The output of the laser in both regimes was used to perform kilohertz-level spectroscopy. This experiment demonstrates the potential for high-resolution absolute-frequency spectroscopy over the entire spectrum of the frequency comb output using a single high-finesse optical reference cavity.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 97 16  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006