A new design of ECLD for compact atomic clocks
01 January 2007
Cold atom clocks would take great benefits of microgravity environment. In Relation with the clock developments, we work on miniature laser-cooling optical benches. In this article we describe a new design of compact external cavity laser diode, which exhibits up to 80 mW at the output of the ECLD for a diode current of 100 mA and a line width of about 150 kHz.