Experiments with Supersonic Beams as a Source of Cold Atoms
Experiments with Supersonic Beams as a Source of Cold Atoms
Experiments with Supersonic Beams as a Source of Cold Atoms
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Figure 5.23: A schematic <strong>of</strong> the original hydrogen l<strong>as</strong>er. A tunable extended cavity<br />
diode l<strong>as</strong>er (ECDL) produces single-mode light at 972 nm which is verified by a<br />
Fabry-Perot cavity and wavemeter. The light from the diode is amplified in a tapered<br />
amplifier (TA) and injected into a doubling cavity. After doubling the light is at<br />
486 nm, where Tellurium spectroscopy is performed to lock the l<strong>as</strong>er. The blue light<br />
is injected into another doubling cavity, which produces 243nm light. Figure Courtesy<br />
Travis Bannerman.<br />
are verified by a wavemeter and Fabry-Perot cavity respectively. Since the output<br />
<strong>of</strong> the diode l<strong>as</strong>er (Eagleyard Photonics RWE-0980-08020-1500-SOT02) is limited to<br />
about 70 mW and the doubling processes are nonlinear, where the efficiency <strong>of</strong> the<br />
doubling goes <strong>as</strong> the square <strong>of</strong> the power, it is necessary to amplify the l<strong>as</strong>er before<br />
injecting it into the first doubling cavity. This is done using a tapered amplifier (TA).<br />
The TA (Toptica Photonics BoosTA-L-980) takes approximately 35 mW <strong>of</strong> 972 nm<br />
light (after isolation, diagnostics, spatial filtering, and mode-matching), and amplifies<br />
it to approximately 1 W, which results in approximately 900 mW <strong>of</strong> power which can<br />
be injected into the first doubling cavity after isolation and mode-matching.<br />
The doubling cavity is a bow-tie cavity locked to the frequency <strong>of</strong> the diode<br />
l<strong>as</strong>er. A nonlinear lithium triborate (LBO) crystal doubles the frequency <strong>of</strong> the light<br />
to 486 nm, which is coupled out <strong>of</strong> the cavity by a dichroic mirror. The doubling<br />
cavity (Coherent MBD-200) produces around 100 mW <strong>of</strong> light at 486 nm. This light<br />
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