M. A. Gubin, A. N. Kireev, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, V. A. Lazarev, A. B. Pnev, Yu. P. Podmar'kov, D. A. Tyurikov, M. P. Frolov, A. S. Shelkovnikov, “Observation of saturated dispersion resonances of methane in a two-mode Cr2+ : ZnSe/CH4 laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2012, Volume 42, Number 7,Pages 565

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Observation of saturated dispersion resonances of methane in a two-mode Cr²⁺ : ZnSe/CH₄ laser

M. A. Gubin^a, A. N. Kireev^a, V. I. Kozlovsky^a, Yu. V. Korostelin^a, V. A. Lazarev^b, A. B. Pnev^b, Yu. P. Podmar'kov^ac, D. A. Tyurikov^a, M. P. Frolov^ac, A. S. Shelkovnikov^a

^a P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Scientific and Educational Center "Photonics and IR Technique", N. E. Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow
^c Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)

Abstract: Solid-state cw Cr²⁺ : ZnSe laser has been used for Doppler-free spectroscopy of lines of the vibrational — rotational v₁ + v₄ band of methane. Saturated-dispersion resonances on the components of the R(2) line near λ = 2.36 mm are revealed. The parameters of the saturated-dispersion resonance obtained upon cooling intracavity methane cell to a temperature of 77 K confirmed good prospects of developing an optical master oscillator with a high (10^-15 — 10^-16) short-term frequency stability based on a Cr²⁺ : ZnSe/CH₄ laser.

Keywords: Cr²⁺ : ZnSe laser, IR lasers, tunable lasers, solid-state lasers, two-mode lasers, optical frequency standards, Doppler-free resonances, laser spectroscopy.

PACS: 42.62.Eh, 42.62.Fi, 42.55.Rz

Received: 21.06.2012