title: Diode-laser noise spectroscopy of rubidium.
abstract: We report on spectra obtained by measuring the laser intensity noise after a broad-bandwidth diode-laser beam passes through a rubidium vapor cell. The atomic resonance converts laser frequency fluctuations into intensity fluctuations. We compare our experimental spectra with numerically calculated spectra based on a phase-diffusion model of the laser field and find good agreement.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Fairchild
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walser