A visible extended cavity diode laser for the undergraduate laboratory

R. S. Conroy; A. Carleton; A. Carruthers; B. D. Sinclair; C. F. Rae; K. Dholakia

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A visible extended cavity diode laser for the undergraduate laboratory

R. S. Conroy, A. Carleton, A. Carruthers, B. D. Sinclair, C. F. Rae, K. Dholakia

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We demonstrate how to construct a simple single-frequency extended cavity diode laser (ECDL) for the undergraduate laboratory using mainly standard opto-mechanical components. This ECDL is operated with both 635 and 670 nm laser diodes. We present three experiments that can be performed using this ECDL, namely spectroscopic studies of iodine, second harmonic generation, and an optical heterodyne experiment using the ECDL with a heliumneon laser.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	925-931
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Journal of Physics
Volume	68
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1285896
Publication status	Published - 2000 Oct

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