FROM A TRANSPORTABLE I2-STABILIZED ND: YAG LASER TO HYPERFINE CONSTANTS OF I2 AND LASER FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT

Author(s):  
FENG-LEI HONG
1989 ◽  
pp. 459-460
Author(s):  
D. J. E. Knight ◽  
K. I. Pharaoh ◽  
M. J. Padgett

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 021406
Author(s):  
张竹青 Zhang Zhuqing ◽  
王强 Wang Qiang ◽  
花国然 Hua Guoran ◽  
周雨薇 Zhou Yuwei
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This, and part II following, describe a determination of the speed of light made by measuring the frequency and wavelength of radiation from a CO 2 laser. This laser was operated on the 9.3 μm R(12) transition, and stabilized by reference to fluorescence in an external CO 2 absorption cell. The laser frequency was measured via a sequence of harmonic-mixing stages involving the HCN and H 2 O lasers as transfer oscillators, and was found to be 32 176 079 482 ± 14 kHz ( ± 4.2 parts in 10 10 ). A correction to this value of — 10 kHz is necessary to obtain the centre frequency of the CO 2 reference transition. The wavelength measurements and value of c are described in part II.


2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-572
Author(s):  
Petr Křen

Abstract A new method of optical frequency beat counting based on fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis is described. Signals with a worse signal-to-noise ratio can be counted correctly comparing to the conventional counting method of detecting each period separately. The systematic error of FFT counting below 10 Hz is demonstrated and can be decreased. Additionally the modulation width of a frequency-stabilized laser with high frequency modulation index can be simultaneously measured during a carrier frequency measurement against an optical frequency synthesizer or other laser.


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