Frequency locking of a cw dye laser near atomic absorption lines in a gas discharge

1 August 1973

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 23 (3) , 156-157
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654842

Abstract

Frequency locking of the cw dye laser to atomic absorption lines in helium and sodium gas discharges is reported. The mechanism for locking is attributed to a lens formed by the radial variation of index of refraction in the positive column.

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