Frequency locking an HCN laser to a molecular absorption line

1 July 1971

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 7 (13) , 381-382
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19710260

Abstract

An HCN laser oscillating at 890 GHz has been frequency locked to an absorption line in difluoroethylene with a stability of the order of 2 parts in 10₈. The absolute frequency of the absorption line was measured and found to be 890 759.60 ± 0.08 MHz.

Keywords

HCN LASER
FREQUENCY STABILITY
CH2-CF2
PHASE LOCKED KLYSTRON
890 GHZ
GAS LASER
ABSORPTION CELL
DIFLUOROETHYLENE
MOLECULAR ABSORPTION LINE

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Phase-locking millimetre-wave klystrons for the measurement of submillimetre laser frequencies
Electronics Letters, 1971