Dual-wavelength frequency stabilization scheme for high melting temperature atoms

POSTER

Abstract

Lanthanide atoms with a large magnetic dipole moment, such as erbium and dysprosium, have attracted significant attention in quantum simulation benefitting from strong dipole-dipole interactions and rich tunability. However, high melting temperature and a narrow linewidth (Γ) of optical transition for laser cooling require a demanding task for stabilizing the frequency of cooling lasers and preparing cold atomic samples. Here, in this poster, we introduce a simple solution of frequency stabilization for high melting temperature atoms, which does not require any additional instrument such as ultra-low expansion cavity, hollow cathode lamp, or iodine cell. With saturation fluorescence spectroscopy on atomic flux, laser frequency can be stabilized to 1Γ for the narrow 583 nm transition of erbium atoms. Detailed analysis and evaluation of the saturated fluorescence spectrum and performance of frequency locking will be presented.

*G.B.J acknowledges the generous support from the Research Grants Councils of Hong Kong, the Croucher Foundation, Guangdong Joint laboratory, and the Harilela foundation through 16304918, 16308118, 16306119, 16302420,16302821, C6005-17G, C6009-20G, RFS2122-6S04, and N-HKUST601/17, respectively. P.C. acknowledges the additional support from the Research Grants Councils of Hong Kong (16306321).

Presenters

  • Ziting Chen

    • Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
    • Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Authors

  • Ziting Chen

    • Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
    • Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  • Bojeong Seo

    • Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
    • Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  • Mingchen Huang

    • Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
    • Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  • Mithilesh Parit

    • Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
    • Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  • Yifei He

    • Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
    • Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  • Peng Chen

    • Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
    • Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  • Gyu-Boong Jo

    • Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
    • Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China; IAS Center for Quantum Technologies, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; IAS Center for Quantum Technologies, HKUST, Clear Water
    • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology