Laser frequency stabilization based on Sagnac interferometric spectroscopy

A simple method based on Sagnac interferometric spectroscopy(SIS)is applied for frequency stabilization of diode lasers.Sagnac interferometric spectra of rubidium vapor are investigated both theoretically and experimentally.The interference signal at the output of the Sagnac interferometer displays a sharp dispersion feature near the atomic resonance.This dispersion curve is used as the feedback error signal to stabilize the laser frequency.Linewidth of a diode laser is stabilized down to 1 MHz by this modulation-free method.     

Laser frequency stabilization based on Sagnac interferometric spectroscopy

A simple method based on Sagnac interferometric spectroscopy (SIS) is applied for frequency stabilization of diode lasers. Sagnac interferometric spectra of rubidium vapor are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The interference signal at the output of the Sagnac interferometer displays a sharp dispersion feature near the atomic resonance. This dispersion curve is used as the feedback error signal to stabilize the laser frequency. Linewidth of a diode laser is stabilized down to 1 MHz by this modulation-free method.     

Measurements of pressure induced self-broadening and frequency shift coefficients of methane R9 manifold of 2v_3 band

An external-cavity diode laser (ECDL) has been used to investigate pressure-induced self-broadening as well as frequency shift of 2v3 band R9 manifold of methane. A phase sensitivity detection technology has been employed to determine the pressure induced frequency shift coefficient, however, which is obtained by line shape analyses of the recorded absorption spectrum. F1 and F2 unresolved double lines near 6105.626 cm-1 were measured as an object because they are often used to the high sensitivity detection of trace methane. The results show that the self-broadening and pressure induced frequency shift coefficients are 0.0232±0.003 and 0.0055±　0.0007 MHz/Pa, respectively.     

Period-Doubling in 10 GHz Gain-Switched DFB Laser Diode

The distinct period doubling behaviour in a 10 GHz gain-switched （GS） DFB laser is experimentally investigated in frequency domain and in time domain. The period doubling occurs as the frequency of the rf driving signal is close to or higher than the-3 dB cutoff frequency of the DFB laser diode, and the amplitude of the rf driving signal required to achieve period doubling increases linearly with the increasing bias current of the laser diode.     

Measurements of pressure induced self-broadening and frequency shift coefficients of methane R9 manifold of 2v3 band

An external-cavity diode laser (ECDL) has been used to investigate pressure-induced self-broadening as well as frequency shift of 2v3 band R9 manifold of methane. A phase sensitivity detection technology has been employed to determine the pressure induced frequency shift coefficient, however, which is obtained by line shape analyses of the recorded absorption spectrum. F1 and F2 unresolved double lines near 6105.626 cm-1 were measured as an object because they are often used to the high sensitivity detection of trace methane. The results show that the self-broadening and pressure induced frequency shift coefficients are 0.0232±0.003 and 0.0055±0.0007 MHz/Pa, respectively.     

Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Detection of N2O at 2.1μm Using Antimonide Laser and InGaAs Photodiode

Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy detection of N2 0 around 2.1 μm is demonstrated by using a homemade InGaAsSb/AlGaAsSb MQW laser diode and an InGaAs wavelength extended photodiode. Details of the devices and the detection system are described. In the system, the laser is driven by low frequency pulses with long duration to form a wavelength scan around 4741 cm^-1; the absorption information is obtained from the detected signal of the photodiode. By using a gas cell with 15cm path length, a detection limit is estimated to be smaller than 0.2 Torr.     

Non-crossover sub-Doppler DAVLL in selective reflection scheme

We demonstrate a non-crossover sub-Doppler dichroic atomic vapor laser locking(DAVLL) in selective reflection scheme, which allows us to obtain a modulation-free laser locking with wide tuneable range. The dependence of peak-to-peak amplitude, tuneable range and the slope near the zero-crossing point of error signal on the frequency shift induced by the magnetic fields are studied. The adjustable error signal by the varying external magnetic field can offer the laser locking from the order of tens MHz to hundreds MHz. The ultimate dither of locked laser frequency is less than 0.5 MHz. The square root of Allan variance of the error signals reaches a minimum of 3 × 10-10 for an averaging time of 130 s.     

Transferring the stability of iodine-stabilized diode laser at 634 nm to radio frequency by an optical frequency comb

An optical flequency comb phase-locked on an iodine frequency stabilized diode laser at 634 nm is constructed to transfer the accuracy and stability from the optical domain to the radio frequency domain. An external-cavity diode laser is frequency-stabilized on the Doppler-free absorption signals of the hyperfine transition R（80）8-4 using the third-harmonic detection technique. The instability of the ultra-stable optical oscillator is determined to be 7 ×10^-12 by a cesium atomic clock via the optical frequency comb＇s mass frequencv dividing technique.     

Ultra-Stable Rubidium-Stabilized External-Cavity Diode Laser Based on the Modulation Transfer Spectroscopy Technique

We construct an ultra-stable external-cavity diode laser via modulation transfer spectroscopy referencing on a hyperfine component of the ST Rb D2 lines at 780 nm. The Doppler-free dispersion-like modulation transfer signal is obtained with high signal-to-noise-ratio. The instability of the laser frequency is measured by beating with an optical frequency comb which is phase-locked to an ultra-stable oven controlled crystal oscillator. The Allan deviation is 3.9 × 10-13 at I s averaging time and 9.8 ×10-14 at 90s averaging time.     

Stabilized DFB laser system with large tuning range

We propose, design, and realize a compact stabilized laser system that can be tuned within 24 GHz automatically.This laser system consists of two distributed feedback(DFB) lasers, one of which is reference and locked to the D2 line of ~(87)Rb, the other laser is a slave that is locked to the reference laser via a loop servo. We measured the frequency of the beating signal of the two lasers and generated an error signal, which controlled the frequency of the slave laser to close the loop. We compressed the fluctuation of the beating signal's frequency to less than 1 MHz.Furthermore, the system can also automatically determine and control whether the slave is red detuned or blue detuned to the reference. The dimensions of our laser system are about 15 cm × 20 cm × 10 cm. This kind of laser system can be applied in many important applications, such as atomic interferometer and cold atomic clock.     

External cavity diode laser as a stable-frequency light source for application in laser cooling of molecules

We demonstrate a scheme to use a Littman configuration external cavity diode laser(ECDL) as a stablefrequency light source to stabilize two cw single-mode Ti:sapphire lasers for laser cooling of magnesium fluoride molecules. An ECDL based on the Littman configuration is constructed and stabilized by a digital signal processor system. We stabilize the frequency of our ECDL to 0.77 MHz precision over 10 h and the Allan standard deviation reaches 2.6 × 10-11 at an integration time of 10 s. We lock two Ti:sapphire lasers through a transfer cavity, and either laser has a long-term frequency stability of 2.5 MHz.     

Infrasound detection by laser diode self-mixing interferometry

An alternative technique for infrasound detection based on the self-mixing (SM) interference of a laser diode is described. The principle involved is the dependence of the power emitted by the laser diode on infrasound-induced membrane vibration. The Fourier transform and fringe-counting methods are used to analyze the self-mixing signal. Infrasound signals are experimentally measured from 2 to 20 Hz with a resolution of 0.25, and the results well agree with the theoretical ones.     

Frequency stabilization of a single-frequency all-solid-state laser for Doppler wind lidar

The master laser of an injection-seeded laser for Doppler wind lidar is frequency stabilized to a Fabry- Perot(FP)cavity using Pound-Drever-Hall technique.The FP cavity is specially designed to gain high temperature stability with Zerodur cavity and spacer.A computer based controller is used to sample and process the error signal.After the master laser is locked,the relative frequency drift,is±25 kHz in 1s, and±55 kHz in 1h,which can satisfy the need of Doppler wind lidar.     

Frequency Stabilization of Pulsed Injection-Seeded OPO Based on Optical Heterodyne Technique

A frequency stabilizing system for a pulsed injection seeded 1550 nm optical parametric oscillator(OPO) at 20 Hz repetition rate is demonstrated.The optical heterodyne method is used to measure the frequency difference between the seed laser and the OPO output.Using the frequency difference as the error signal,a proportionalintegral controller in combination with a scanner is applied to stably match the OPO cavity length to the seed laser frequency.The root-mean-square(rms) error of the frequency discrimination method is 0.07 MHz according to a ‘frequency shifting-chopping-beat' evaluation.The frequency fluctuation of the frequency-stabilized OPO is0.29 MHz(rms),and the Allan deviation is less than 20 k Hz for averaging time of more than 3 s.     

A Hertz-Linewidth Ultrastable Diode Laser System for Clock Transition Detection of Strontium Atoms

The frequencies of two 698 nm external cavity diode lasers （ECDLs） are locked separately to two independently located ultrahigh finesse optical resonant cavities with the Pound Drever-Hall technique. The linewidth of each ECDL is measured to be -4.6 Hz by their beating and the fractional frequency stability below 5 × 10^-15 between 1 s to lOs averaging time. Another 698nm laser diode is injection locked to one of the cavity-stabilized ECDLs with a fixed frequency offset for power amplification while maintaining its linewidth and frequency characteristics. The frequency drift is H1 Hz/s measured by a femtosecond optical frequency comb based on erbium fiber. The output of the injection slave laser is delivered to the magneto-optical trap of a Sr optical clock through a iO- ta-long single mode polarization maintaining fiber with an active fiber noise cancelation technique to detect the clock transition of Sr atoms.     

A Linearly-Polarized Cesium Vapor Laser with Fundamental Mode Output and Low Threshold

We report a cesium vapor laser with fundamental mode output and a wavelength of 894 nm. The laser is pumped by a laser diode array with an external cavity of a holographic grating by using Littrow＇s structure. A slope efbciency of 22.4% is obtained by using a pumping source with a linewidth of 0.26 nm and 80 kPa methane as the buffer gas. The threshold pumping power is 1.56 W.     

Research on acoustic emission characteristics of local corrosion on Q235 steel

To solve the problem of corrosion acoustic emission(AE) source feature extraction and recognition,the AE detection validation and the amplitude-frequency characteristics were derived in theory.The amplitude of AE signal generated by bubble burst is proportional to its radius square and the liquid level,while the AE signal frequency is inversely proportional to the bubble radius.The AE signal amplitude of the steel and the steel corrosion product cracking is proportional to the local stress,and the AE signal frequency is proportional to the crack propagation velocity and inversely proportional to the crack propagation distance.Three Q235 specimens were separately immersed in the solution of 10%FeCl_3·6H_2O,5%CuSO_4·5H_2O and10%FeCl_3·6H_2O with 0.01 mol/L HCL.The AE systems with high frequency and low frequency were used to detect the whole corrosion process AE signals.The AE signals of Q235 steel and the steel corrosion products cracking were detected as the verification experiment.The AE signals from different sources could be distinguished by AE hits count and the power spectrum.It is coincident with theoretical analysis.These conclusions have significant guidance for the corrosion detection and evaluation by on-line acoustic emission detecting.     

A Low-Pump-Threshold High-Repetition-Rate Intracavity Optical Parametric Generator Based on Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate

A low-pump-threshold high-repetition-rate intracavity optical parametric generator （IOPG） by using a periodically poled lithium niobate （PPLN） is reported. The PPLN, which is 18.7mm long and has a grating period of 28.93tzm at room temperature, is inserted in a diode-end-pumped Nd：YV04 laser with an acousto-optic Q switch. The parametric generation threshold is 1.3 W （diode laser power） at a Q-switch repetition rate of 19 kHz. At an incident diode pump power of 5 W, an average signal output power of 280mW has been achieved. The signal pulse duration is approximately 85 ns. By changing the crystal temperature from 120℃ to 250℃, the signal wavelength can be tuned from 1.493μm to 1.538μm.     

Wavelength conversion of chaotic message through gain modulation by injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode

<正>We propose a wavelength conversion scheme for chaotic optical communications(COC) based on a Fabry-Perot (FP) laser diode.The FP laser,as a wavelength converter,is injection-locked at one of longitudinal modes by an external continuous-wave(CW) light.The simulation results demonstrated that the chaos masked signal at wavelengthλ_1,which corresponds to the other longitudinal mode of FP laser,can be converted to the injection-locked mode(wavelengthλ_2) based on cross-gain modulation in a closed-loop COC link.A 1.2-GHz chaos masked sinusoidal signal is successfully decoded with signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) beyond 8 dB in 15-nm wavelength conversion range,and the effects of SNR on the signal frequency and conversion span are also investigated.     

Range estimation by Doppler of multi-linein radiated noise spectrum

A method by applying Doppler frequency shift of multi-line in radiated noise spectrum to estimate the vertical range from a receiver to a moving vessel, which is supposed to move along a straight line at a constant velocity, is developed. This method is based on passive ranging by a single sensor and the depth of the sea and other environment parameters are not necessarily known. First the Wigner-Ville distribution is used as the instantaneous frequency estimator to find out the instantaneous frequencies of the muti-lines as a signal. Then define Doppler frequency shift basis functions, based on an algorithm called matching pursuit, by a searching strategy of variable span, and explore the minimum spatial distance between the signal and the Doppler frequency shift basis functions in a five-dimension space. The basis function of the obtained minimum spatial distance corresponds to the estimation of range and speed of the moving vessel. Computer simulations yield statistics errors in the range and speed estimates with differing intensities of noise. If the white noise deviation is less than 10% of the maximum Doppler frequency shift and time-window width is 1.47 times of reference-duration, relative error of range estimate is less than 5.4% and relative error of speed estimate is less than 1.4%. This estimation method has been tested and the result conforms to data collected during an experiment on the sea, the estimated speed is 52 knots and the estimated range is 42 m. The single point passive ranging method can be used for ranging purposes in sonar-buoys, mines, movement analysis of an underwater object in underwater acoustics experiment, and sound source level measurements.