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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 1, 011401(2024)

Dual-mode stabilization for laser to radio-frequency locking by using a single-sideband modulation and a Fabry–Pérot cavity

Yibo Wang^1,2, Hongwei Zhang^1,2, Chenhao Zhao^1,2, Gang Zhao^1,2、*, Xiaojuan Yan^1,2, and Weiguang Ma^1,2、**

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¹State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics & Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

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Yibo Wang, Hongwei Zhang, Chenhao Zhao, Gang Zhao, Xiaojuan Yan, Weiguang Ma, "Dual-mode stabilization for laser to radio-frequency locking by using a single-sideband modulation and a Fabry–Pérot cavity," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 011401 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Apr. 22, 2023

Accepted: Aug. 15, 2023

Published Online: Jan. 22, 2024

The Author Email: Gang Zhao (gangzhao@sxu.edu.cn), Weiguang Ma (mwg@sxu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.011401

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.011401

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