Role of noise in the diode-laser spectroscopy of the spectral line profile

Journal Article · Mon Jan 31 04:00:00 EST 2000 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2000V030N01ABEH001665· OSTI ID:21454655

Nadezhdinskii, Aleksandr I; Plotnichenko, V V; Ponurovskii, Ya Ya; Spiridonov, Maksim V ^[1]

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1. Natural Science Center, A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Questions concerning precise measurements of the spectral-line-profile parameters by diode-laser spectroscopic methods were examined. The instrumental function of a distributed-feedback diode laser ({lambda} =1.53 {mu}m), consisting of the additive contributions of the noise due to spontaneous emission, frequency fluctuations, and intensity fluctuations, was investigated. An analytical formula was obtained for the spectrum of the diode-laser field formed by frequency fluctuations. The spectral density g{sub 0} of the frequency fluctuations, determining the width of the central part of the emission line profile of a diode laser, was found by two independent methods (by fitting to a Doppler-broadened absorption line profile and by finding the intensity of the residual radiation and the saturated-absorption line width). The parameters {Omega} and {Gamma} of the spectral density of the frequency fluctuations, coupled to the relaxation oscillations and determining the wing of the diode-laser emission line profile, were determined experimentally. By taking into account the instrumental function of the diode laser, involving successive convolution with the recorded emission spectra, it was possible to reproduce correctly the spectral line profile and to solve accurately the problem of the 'optical zero'. The role of the correlation between the intensity noise and the diode-laser frequency was considered. (laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics)

• OSTI ID: 21454655
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Journal Name: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 30; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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ABSORPTION
DOPPLER BROADENING
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EMISSION
EMISSION SPECTRA
FLUCTUATIONS
FUNCTIONS
LASER RADIATION
LASER SPECTROSCOPY
LINE BROADENING
LINE WIDTHS
NOISE
OSCILLATIONS
RADIATIONS
RELAXATION
SORPTION
SPECTRA
SPECTRAL DENSITY
SPECTRAL FUNCTIONS
SPECTROSCOPY
VARIATIONS