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Title: Magneto-optical polarization rotation in a ladder-type atomic system for tunable offset locking

Abstract

We demonstrate an easily tunable locking scheme for stabilizing frequency-sum of two lasers on a two-photon ladder transition based on polarization rotation in warm rubidium vapors induced by magnetic field and circularly polarized drive field. Unprecedented tunability of the two-photon offset frequency is due to strong splitting and shifting of magnetic states in external field. In our experimental setup, we achieve two-photon detuning of up to 700 MHz.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw (Poland)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22590668
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 108; Journal Issue: 16; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MHZ RANGE 100-1000; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; ROTATION; RUBIDIUM; VAPORS

Citation Formats

Parniak, Michał, Leszczyński, Adam, and Wasilewski, Wojciech. Magneto-optical polarization rotation in a ladder-type atomic system for tunable offset locking. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4947104.
Parniak, Michał, Leszczyński, Adam, & Wasilewski, Wojciech. Magneto-optical polarization rotation in a ladder-type atomic system for tunable offset locking. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4947104
Parniak, Michał, Leszczyński, Adam, and Wasilewski, Wojciech. 2016. "Magneto-optical polarization rotation in a ladder-type atomic system for tunable offset locking". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4947104.
@article{osti_22590668,
title = {Magneto-optical polarization rotation in a ladder-type atomic system for tunable offset locking},
author = {Parniak, Michał and Leszczyński, Adam and Wasilewski, Wojciech},
abstractNote = {We demonstrate an easily tunable locking scheme for stabilizing frequency-sum of two lasers on a two-photon ladder transition based on polarization rotation in warm rubidium vapors induced by magnetic field and circularly polarized drive field. Unprecedented tunability of the two-photon offset frequency is due to strong splitting and shifting of magnetic states in external field. In our experimental setup, we achieve two-photon detuning of up to 700 MHz.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4947104},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22590668}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 16,
volume = 108,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}