From: Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Home built cesium clocks??? Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:46:54 +1200 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> One design for a tunable Littrow ECDL built using catalog parts plus a > little machining is: > > http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/atomopt/publications/littrow_rsi_vol72_p4477_2001.pdf More on http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/atomopt/diodes.html http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/atomopt/atomopt_publications.html Toptica has stabilisation schemes to narrow linewidth towards a few Hz: http://www.toptica.com/page/applications_scientific_diode_lasers_coherence-control_narrow-linewidth_broad_linewidth_coherence-length.php Combining that with the S/N dependence on linewidth observation should be nice reduction of that S/N source. However, one must recall all the outer noise-sources and not overoptimize that part. Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.