Abstract

We demonstrate an extended cavity Faraday laser system using an antireflection-coated laser diode as the gain medium and the isotope ${}^{87}\mathrm{Rb}$ Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter (FADOF) as the frequency selective device. Using this method, the laser wavelength works stably at the highest transmission peak of the isotope ${}^{87}\mathrm{Rb}$ FADOF over the laser diode current from 55 to 140 mA and the temperature from 15°C to 35°C. Neither the current nor the temperature of the laser diode has significant influence on the output frequency. Compared with previous extended cavity laser systems operating at frequencies irrelevant to spectacular atomic transition lines, the laser system realized here provides a stable laser source with the frequency operating on atomic transitions for many practical applications.

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