Session H37: SPS Undergraduate Research III

8:00 AM–11:00 AM, Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Room: 108

Sponsoring Unit: SPS
Chair: Gary White, AIP/SPS

Abstract ID: BAPS.2012.MAR.H37.2

Abstract: H37.00002 : High-power, narrow-bandwidth laser based on a tapered amplifier

8:12 AM–8:24 AM

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Authors:

  Michael Yanakas
    (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Rowan University)

  Anthony Vivona
    (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Rowan University)

  Michael Lim
    (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Rowan University)

We have constructed a high-power, tunable, narrow-bandwidth, cw laser based on a semiconductor tapered amplifier at a wavelength of 780 nm. Bandwidth narrowing to less than 1 MHz is accomplished with an intra-cavity interference filter, while 10 GHz of continuous tuning is possible with a cavity mirror mounted on a PZT stack. The laser output has a slope efficiency of 0.5 W/A, optical output power of 0.7 W, and will be used for laser cooling of atomic rubidium.

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