Compact optical frequency standard based on a miniature cell using modulation transfer spectroscopy

Jiqing Lian; Qiaohui Yang; Tianyu Liu; Duo Pan; Jie Miao; Zhendong Chen; Jingming Chen; Jiang Chen; Lina Bai; Zhidong Liu; Jingbiao Chen

doi:10.3788/COL202523.041201

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 4, 041201(2025)

Compact optical frequency standard based on a miniature cell using modulation transfer spectroscopy

Jiqing Lian^1,2, Qiaohui Yang³, Tianyu Liu³, Duo Pan^3、*, Jie Miao³, Zhendong Chen³, Jingming Chen³, Jiang Chen², Lina Bai^1、**, Zhidong Liu², and Jingbiao Chen^1,3,4

Author Affiliations

¹School of Mechano-Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China

²Science and Technology on Vacuum Technology and Physics Laboratory, Lanzhou Institute of Physics, Lanzhou 730000, China

³State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

⁴Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China

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Paper Information

Category: Instrumentation, Measurement, and Optical Sensing

Received: Jun. 26, 2024

Accepted: Sep. 30, 2024

Published Online: Apr. 24, 2025

The Author Email: Duo Pan (panduo@pku.edu.cn), Lina Bai (lnbai@mail.xidian.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.041201

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.041201

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laser devices and laser physics

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