Modulation transfer spectroscopy based on acousto-optic modulator with zero frequency shift

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/11/114203

Abstract

We present a modulation transfer spectroscopy (MTS) configuration based on an acousto-optic modulator by using a variant of the typical double pass structure. One beam is modulated by using an acousto-optic modulator in opposite diffraction order to cancel the carrier frequency shift and produce a modulated pump beam. The line shape performance is investigated theoretically and experimentally. Laser frequency stabilization of the proposed configuration is demonstrated for the ¹³³Cs|6²S_1/2, F=4> →|6² P_3/2, F'=5> transition. The Allan deviations, which are measured by using beat note signals and the three-cornered hat method, are 3.6×10^-11 in an integration time of 100 s and approximately 4×10^-11 in a longer integration time.

Keywords: modulation transfer spectroscopy laser stabilization

Received: 13 June 2018
Revised: 31 July 2018
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PACS:	42.30.Lr	(Modulation and optical transfer functions)
	42.62.Fi	(Laser spectroscopy)
	42.60.Lh	(Efficiency, stability, gain, and other operational parameters)

Fund:

Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0302101), the Foundation of China Academy of Space Technology, and the Initiative Program of State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, China.

Corresponding Authors: Jian-Wei Zhang, Jian-Wei Zhang
E-mail: zhangjw@tsinghua.edu.cn;lwan@tsinghua.edu.cn

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Chen-Fei Wu(吴晨菲), Xue-Shu Yan(颜学术), Li-Xun Wei(卫立勋), Pei Ma(马沛), Jian-Hui Tu(涂建辉), Jian-Wei Zhang(张建伟), Li-Jun Wang(王力军) Modulation transfer spectroscopy based on acousto-optic modulator with zero frequency shift 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 114203

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