Frequency locking to the center of a 532 nm iodine absorption line by using stimulated brillouin scattering from a single-mode fiber

E W Eloranta; I A Razenkov

doi:10.1364/ol.31.000598

Frequency locking to the center of a 532 nm iodine absorption line by using stimulated brillouin scattering from a single-mode fiber

Opt Lett. 2006 Mar 1;31(5):598-600. doi: 10.1364/ol.31.000598.

Authors

E W Eloranta¹, I A Razenkov

Affiliation

¹ University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.

PMID: 16570410
DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.000598

Abstract

A simple method for frequency locking a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser to the center of line 1109 of the iodine absorption spectrum is described. The 31.6 GHz frequency shift provided by stimulated-Brillouin scattering from a single-mode silica fiber provides a probe signal that lies on the edge of line 1105 of the iodine spectrum. We adjust the frequency of the laser to maintain the transmission of a 5 cm iodine absorption cell at a value that places the unshifted laser line in the center of line 1109.