Calibrating an Ultra-Low Expansion Cavity for High Precision Spectroscopy From 630 THz to 685 THz Using Molecular Tellurium Lines

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-4-2018

Publication Title

Review of Scientific Instruments

Abstract

We report on the calibration of a temperature stabilized ultra-low expansion (ULE) cavity using previously measured molecular tellurium and atomic cesium lines. By means of a dual frequency modulation technique, the frequency dependence of the free spectral range of the ULE cavity is measured and was found to vary by less than 60 Hz over the ∼55 THz range of the calibration. This method of calibration enables the ULE cavity to measure absolute frequencies to better than 1.5 MHz.

Keywords

Hyperfine structure, Signal generators, Signal processing, Chemical elements, Optical resonators, Lasers, Precision spectroscopy, Photodetectors, Frequency combs, Optical properties

Volume

89

Issue

033107

DOI

doi.org/10.1063/1.5008290

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Licensed to Smith College and distributed CC-BY under the Smith College Faculty Open Access Policy.

Comments

Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.

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