A self-injected, diode-pumped, solid-state ring laser for laser cooling of Li atoms

Yudai Miake, Takashi Mukaiyama, Kenneth M. O'Hara +1

We have constructed a solid-state light source for experiments with laser cooled lithium atoms based on a Nd:YVO${}_4$ ring laser with second-harmonic generation. Unidirectional lasi…