Nejadriahi Hani, Kittlaus Eric, Bose Debapam, Chauhan Nitesh, Wang Jiawei, Fradet Mathieu, Bagheri Mahmood, Isichenko Andrei, Heim David, Forouhar Siamak, Blumenthal Daniel J
Opt Lett. 2024 Dec 15;49(24):7254-7257. doi: 10.1364/OL.543307.
We demonstrate an external cavity laser with intrinsic linewidth below 100 Hz around an operating wavelength of 852 nm, selected for its relevance to laser cooling and manipulation of cesium atoms. This system achieves a maximum CW output power of 24 mW, a wavelength tunability over 10 nm, and a side-mode suppression ratio exceeding 50 dB. This performance level is facilitated by careful design of a low-loss integrated silicon nitride photonic circuit serving as the external cavity combined with commercially available semiconductor gain chips. This approach demonstrates the feasibility of compact integrated lasers with sub-kHz linewidth centering on the needs of emerging sensor concepts based on ultracold atoms and can be further extended to shorter wavelengths via selection of suitable semiconductor gain media.
我们展示了一种外腔激光器,其在852nm工作波长附近的本征线宽低于100Hz,选择该波长是因其与铯原子的激光冷却和操控相关。该系统实现了24mW的最大连续波输出功率、超过10nm的波长可调性以及超过50dB的边模抑制比。通过精心设计用作外腔的低损耗集成氮化硅光子电路并结合市售半导体增益芯片,达到了这种性能水平。这种方法证明了基于超冷原子的新兴传感器概念需求的、具有亚千赫兹线宽的紧凑型集成激光器的可行性,并且通过选择合适的半导体增益介质可进一步扩展到更短波长。