Self-heterodyne mixing method of two inter-mode beat frequencies for frequency stabilization of a three-mode He-Ne laser

Jeongmin Lee, Tai Hyun Yoon

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    Abstract

    We present a robust self-heterodyne mixing method of two inter-mode beat frequencies suitable for frequency stabilization of a three longitudinal-mode (3-mode) He-Ne laser at 633 nm. A high-contrast frequency discrimination signal with a broad locking range of 244 MHz is obtained by using a self-heterodyned double balanced mixer operating at the inter-mode beat frequency of 607 MHz.We show that the central-mode frequency of the 3-mode He-Ne laser could be stabilized to the center of the gain profile with a frequency fluctuation less than ± 5MHz for more than 12 h.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number022170
    JournalAIP Advances
    Volume2
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012 Jun

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by the Basic Research Program (2011-0006670) of the National Research Foundation of Korea.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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