Linewidth narrowing of a tunable mode-locked pumped continuous-wave Ce:LiCAF laser

Barbara Wellmann; Ondrej Kitzler; David J. Spence; David W. Coutts

doi:10.1364/OL.40.003065

Linewidth narrowing of a tunable mode-locked pumped continuous-wave Ce:LiCAF laser

Barbara Wellmann^*, Ondrej Kitzler, David J. Spence, David W. Coutts

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MQ Photonics Research Centre

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Abstract

We report birefringent tuning using single and multiple magnesium fluoride (MgF₂) Brewster tuning plates in a mode-locked pumped continuous-wave Ce:LiCAF laser. Depending on the thickness of the MgF₂ plates used, continuous tuning over a range of up to 13 nm from 284.5 to 297.5 nm with a full width at half-maximum linewidth of 14 pm (50 GHz) was achieved. By combining MgF₂ plates with etalons, the linewidth of the laser was narrowed down to 0.75 pm (2.7 GHz). This generated narrowband output is suitable for many applications in spectroscopy, cold-atom manipulation, and sensing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3065-3068
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	40
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.003065
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2015

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