The DLC pro lock is a digital lock based on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and reaches bandwidths of up to 30 kHz. It excels in terms of convenience and ease of use as it provides remote…
FALC pro DLC pro Lock DigiLock 110 Description High-performance solution for linewidth reduction; digital interface (remote locking) Digital controller…
An offset phase lock to a second cw laser can easily be implemented using TOPTICA´s FALC pro which will be presented in more detail in the application note “PID Feedback Controllers”. For…
There are various ways to lock a laser to another optical reference. Here, the general principle of a phase lock to an optical reference will be described. The optical reference can e.g. be a second…
TOPTICA Solution
Both options of generating the error signal from the spectroscopy signal are supported by TOPTICA´s DLC pro Lock, which is a software option of TOPTICA´s laser controller DLC pro…
TOPTICA Solution
TOPTICA´s CoSy includes a complete optical setup for Doppler-free saturation spectroscopy together with a controller which performs the subtraction of the reference signal from the…
b) FM spectroscopy and top-of-fringe locking
An alternative method is based on the principle of frequency modulation (FM) spectroscopy. The laser frequency is modulated, e.g. by modulating the laser…
Quite generally, generating an error signal consists of two steps. The first step is to create an optical signal using an optical setup involving a reference, e.g. one of those presented in the…
The goal of error signal generation is to create an electronic signal that is proportional to the laser´s deviation from a certain set frequency or phase which will be called lock point in the…
This application note deals with the question of how to generate an error signal for phase and frequency stabilization of lasers. First, general schemes which are independent of the choice of…