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Five-year frequency stability of a Zeeman stabilized laser

Journal Article · · Appl. Opt.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.28.000824· OSTI ID:6415092
A five-year record of the lockpoint frequency of a Zeeman stabilized laser shows an observed drift rate of 0.3 +- 0.5 MHz/yr following an initial drift of 5.7 +- 2.2 MHz/yr in the first eighteen months of intermittent operation. A second Zeeman laser drifted at a rate of -0.8 +- 1.0 MHz/yr over the last 2.5 yr; the frequency frift was -0.2 +- 0.6 MHz/yr over the last 3.3 yr. Empirical temperature corrections to laser frequency measurements produce a slight variance reduction in the data but no effective bias in the drift estimates.
Research Organization:
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla, California 92093-0225
OSTI ID:
6415092
Journal Information:
Appl. Opt.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Opt.; (United States) Vol. 28:5; ISSN APOPA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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