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Comparison of 10 cm and 50 cm Long Iodine Cells in Iodine-Stabilized Diode Laser-Pumped Nd:YAG Laser at 532 nm

Prayut Potirak1, Monludee Ranusawud2, Pichet Limsuwan1 and Prathan Buranasiri1
  • 1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand
  • 2 National Institute of Metrology of Thailand, Pathumtani 12120, Thailand

Abstract

An iodine-stabilized diode laser-pumped Nd:YAG laser system at 532 nm was developed at the National Institute of Metrology of Thailand (NIMT) for the first time in Thailand. Two iodine cells with the lengths of 10 and 50 cm were used for the comparison of frequency stability of Nd:YAG laser. The experiment was set for phase modulation spectroscopy. The Nd:YAG laser was locked to the a10 component of the R(56)32-0 transition of iodine molecule. The variation of wavelength with time and the frequency stability were carried out at various iodine cell temperatures of 20, 10, 5, 1, -1, -3 and -5°C. The results from the frequency stability measurements showed that the lowest Allan standard deviation value of 6.643×10-10 was obtained at -5°C for 50 cm long iodine cell. From this Allan standard deviation value, it can be concluded that the iodine-stabilized diode laser-pumped Nd:YAG laser system at 532 nm developed in this study is acceptable to be used with a gauge block interferometer for the length calibration of the gauge block.

American Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 15 No. 5, 2018, 306-313

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2018.306.313

Submitted On: 23 February 2018 Published On: 26 May 2018

How to Cite: Potirak, P., Ranusawud, M., Limsuwan, P. & Buranasiri, P. (2018). Comparison of 10 cm and 50 cm Long Iodine Cells in Iodine-Stabilized Diode Laser-Pumped Nd:YAG Laser at 532 nm. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 15(5), 306-313. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2018.306.313

Open AccessCopyright: © 2018 Prayut Potirak, Monludee Ranusawud, Pichet Limsuwan and Prathan Buranasiri. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Iodine-Stabilized
  • Diode Laser-Pumped Nd:YAG Laser
  • Frequency Stability
  • Doppler-Free Laser Spectroscopy