
2.4 Internal switches and adjustments
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on, and fast if switch
1
is off. It is assumed that the
STACK
actuator is
a wide-range but slow device, such as an
NEC-Tokin AE0203D04
stack,
while the
DISC
actuator is faster but with smaller range, such as a
piezoelectric disc [1, 2]. The slow feedback option for the
STACK
ac-
tuator is intended to compensate for slow temperature-related drifts,
with fast primary feedback to a faster piezo disc. If only the slow
actuator is used, the
STACK
feedback can be fast, to provide primary
locking feedback. Often the latter is adequate, and feedback to a
second fast piezo is not required. Typical response cutoff frequencies
are around 10 Hz and 500 Hz for the two piezo outputs.
Note
The feedback to the
STACK
actuator reverses with
DIP 1
and so
DIP 10
should also be flipped when
DIP 1
is flipped.
DIP 3
With
DIP 3 ON
, the 250 kHz modulator directly modulates the injec-
tion current to cause frequency modulation of the laser frequency. In
conjunction with a frequency-dependent absorption on the photode-
tector signal, for example with an atomic vapour cell or etalon (see
section 3.5). The modulation depth is adjusted via internal trimpot
RT6
, and the modulation can be switched on and off via the front
panel toggle switch
OFF/MOD
.
DIP 4
Enables injection current bias, sometimes called “feed-forward”. If
this switch in
ON
, the injection current will be modulated in con-
junction with changes to
STACK
, for example as the laser frequency
is ramped, or due to frequency feedback locking. The depth of bias
modulation is controlled with the
BIAS
front-panel trimpot. Appro-
priate adjustment can substantially extend the mode-hop-free scan
range of the laser.
DIP 5
Externally derived locking signals can be used to control the laser
current and piezo actuators. If
DIP 5
is
ON
, the internally generated
error signal is replaced with the signal from the rear-panel
EXT ER-
ROR
input, and then drives both slow and fast feedback channels.
The master gain adjustment, and both slow and fast gain adjust-
ments, can be used.
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