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Alternative laser system for cesium magneto-optical trap via optical injection locking to sideband of a 9-GHz current-modulated diode laser

Optics Express, ISSN: 1094-4087, Vol: 20, Issue: 7, Page: 7480-7487
2012
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By optical injection of an 852-nm extended-cavity diode laser (master laser) to lock the + 1-order sideband of a ∼9-GHz-current-modulated diode laser (slave laser), we generate a pair of phase-locked lasers with a frequency difference up to ∼9-GHz for a cesium (Cs) magneto-optical trap (MOT) with convenient tuning capability. For a cesium MOT, the master laser acts as repumping laser, locked to the Cs 6S (F = 3) - 6P (F' = 4) transition. When the + 1-order sideband of the 8.9536-GHz-current- modulated slave laser is optically injection-locked, the carrier operates on the Cs 6S (F = 4) - 6P (F' = 5) cooling cycle transition with -12 MHz detuning and acts as cooling/trapping laser. When carrying a 9.1926-GHz modulation signal, this phase-locked laser system can be applied in the fields of coherent population trapping and coherent manipulation of Cs atomic ground states. © 2012 Optical Society of America.

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