Single-frequency optically pumped semiconductor vertical external cavity laser at 852nm for Cs atomic clock

Fabiola A. Camargo (1) , Isabelle Sagnes (2) , Arnaud Garnache (3, 4) , Patrick Georges (1) , Gaëlle Lucas-Leclin (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa
2 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures
3 IES - Institut d’Electronique et des Systèmes
4 TéHO - Térahertz, hyperfréquence et optique

Using an extremely compact optically-pumped semiconductor vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser we have demonstrated more than 100mW in single frequency operation at 852.1nm as a solution for Cs atom spectroscopy.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]; Optique / photonique

Fabiola A. Camargo, Isabelle Sagnes, Arnaud Garnache, Patrick Georges, Gaëlle Lucas-Leclin. Single-frequency optically pumped semiconductor vertical external cavity laser at 852nm for Cs atomic clock. CLEO Europe, May 2011, Munich, Germany. ⟨hal-00579994⟩