Date Thesis Awarded
5-2023
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelors of Science (BS)
Department
Physics
Advisor
Seth Aubin
Committee Members
Keith Griffioen
Jonathan Frey
Abstract
This thesis describes the work done to improve an external cavity diode laser. These improvements consisted of constructing an insulated housing to stabilize the temperature of the laser, tuning the proportional-integral-derivative feedback of the temperature controller, achieving resonance frequencies of rubidium, and implementing and optimizing feed-forward scanning of the frequency of the laser. The laser was then successfully used to measure the linewidth of another laser in the laboratory to better understand how that laser could be best used. The knowledge gained in this thesis can also be used to change the frequency of the laser to achieve other resonances and so expand the usefulness of the laser.
Recommended Citation
Sturner, Catherine, "Development of a 780 nm External Cavity Diode Laser for Rubidium Spectroscopy" (2023). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 2004.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/2004
