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Saturation stabilization of the CO fundamental-band laser

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We recently reported the extension of CO laser operation to a variety of single-line transitions in the fundamental band (v=1 → 0). Now saturation stabilization of these lines could be achieved using an intracavity absorption cell with CO at low pressure. A 3f-detection technique allowed reliable frequency locking on transitions from P(8) to P(14). A frequency stability of better than 10kHz was indicated. The frequency of the P(14) transition was measured in a heterodyne experiment to be 62, 546, 358.324 (50) MHz.

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George, T., Wu, B., Dax, A. et al. Saturation stabilization of the CO fundamental-band laser. Appl. Phys. B 53, 330–332 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331822

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