Photonic chip for laser stabilization to an atomic vapor with 10−11 instability

MT Hummon, S Kang, DG Bopp, Q Li, DA Westly, S Kim… - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Devices based on spectroscopy of atomic vapors can measure physical quantities such as
magnetic fields, RF electric fields, time and length, and rotation and have applications in a …

Laser-written vapor cells for chip-scale atomic sensing and spectroscopy

VG Lucivero, A Zanoni, G Corrielli, R Osellame… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We report the fabrication of alkali-metal vapor cells using femtosecond laser machining. This
laser-written vapor-cell (LWVC) technology allows arbitrarily-shaped 3D interior volumes …

Compact iodine-stabilized laser operating at 531 nm with stability at the 10−12 level and using a coin-sized laser module

T Kobayashi, D Akamatsu, K Hosaka, H Inaba… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a compact iodine-stabilized laser operating at 531 nm using a coin-sized
light source consisting of a 1062-nm distributed-feedback diode laser and a frequency …

A chip‐scale optical frequency reference for the telecommunication band based on acetylene

R Zektzer, MT Hummon, L Stern… - Laser & photonics …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lasers precisely stabilized to known transitions between energy levels in simple, well‐
isolated quantum systems such as atoms and molecules are essential for a plethora of …

Fabrication and characterization of iodine photonic microcells for sub-Doppler spectroscopy applications

C Goïcoechéa, T Billotte, M Chafer, M Maurel… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report on the development of all-fiber stand-alone iodine-filled photonic microcells
demonstrating record absorption contrast at room temperature. The microcell's fiber is made …

Laser frequency stabilization by bichromatic saturation absorption spectroscopy

G Genov, TE Lellinger, T Halfmann, T Peters - JOSA B, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We present and analyze a bichromatic version of the well-known saturation absorption
spectroscopy technique used to stabilize lasers to atomic resonances without Doppler …

Saturation of atomic transitions using subwavelength diameter tapered optical fibers in rubidium vapor

DE Jones, JD Franson, TB Pittman - JOSA B, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally investigate ultralow-power saturation of the rubidium D_2 transitions
using a tapered optical fiber (TOF) suspended in a warm Rb vapor. A direct comparison of …

Hermetic optical-fiber iodine frequency standard

PS Light, JD Anstie, F Benabid, AN Luiten - Optics Letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We have built an optical-frequency standard based on interrogating iodine vapor that has
been trapped within the hollow core of a hermetically sealed kagome-lattice photonic crystal …

More than just smoke and mirrors: Gas-phase polaritons for optical control of chemistry

JC Nelson, ML Weichman - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.12772, 2024 - arxiv.org
Gas phase molecules are a promising platform through which to elucidate the mechanisms
of action and scope of polaritons for optical control of chemistry. Polaritons arise from the …

Mid-infrared saturated absorption spectroscopy inside a hollow glass waveguide

DN Patel, T Cai, TH Su, CC Tsai, NK Chen… - Optics …, 2020 - Elsevier
We report the saturation spectroscopy of carbon dioxide inside a hollow glass waveguide
(GW) using a tunable mid-infrared difference frequency generation (DFG) source. This DFG …