Extreme nonlinear response of ultranarrow optical transitions in cavity QED for laser stabilization

M. J. Martin; D. Meiser; Jan Westenkær Thomsen; Jun Ye; M.J. Holland

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.063813

Extreme nonlinear response of ultranarrow optical transitions in cavity QED for laser stabilization

M. J. Martin, D. Meiser, Jan Westenkær Thomsen, Jun Ye, M.J. Holland

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Abstract

We explore the potential of direct spectroscopy of ultranarrow optical transitions of atoms localized in an optical cavity. In contrast to stabilization against a reference cavity, which is the approach currently used for the most highly stabilized lasers, stabilization against an atomic transition does not suffer from Brownian thermal noise. Spectroscopy of ultranarrow optical transitions in a cavity operates in a very highly saturated regime in which nonlinear effects such as bistability play an important role. From the universal behavior of the Jaynes-Cummings model with dissipation, we derive the fundamental limits for laser stabilization using direct spectroscopy of ultranarrow atomic lines. We find that, with current lattice clock experiments, laser linewidths of about 1 mHz can be achieved in principle, and the ultimate limitations of this technique are at the 1 μHz level.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Vol/bind	84
Udgave nummer	6
Sider (fra-til)	063813
ISSN	2469-9926
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.063813
Status	Udgivet - 5 dec. 2011

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