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Operating a laser diode in an extended cavity which provides frequency-selective feedback is a very effective method of reducing the laser’s linewidth and improving its tunability. We have developed an extremely simple laser of this type, built from inexpensive commercial components with only a few minor modifications. A 780 nm laser built to this design has an output power of 80 mW, a linewidth of 350 kHz, and it has been continuously locked to a Doppler-free rubidium transition for several days.
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Arnold et al. (1998) studied this question.
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