Development of stable, narrow spectral line-width, fiber delivered laser source for spin exchange optical pumping

We developed a stable, narrow spectral line-width, fiber delivered laser source for spin exchange optical pumping. An optimized external cavity equipped with an off-the-shelf volume holographic grating narrowed the spectral line-width of a 100 W high-power diode laser and stabilized the laser spectrum. The laser spectrum showed a high side mode suppression ratio of >30 dB and good long-term stability (center wavelength drifting within ±0.002 nm during 220 h of operation). Our laser is delivered by a multimode fiber with power ∼70 W, center wavelength of 794.77 nm, and spectral bandwidth of ∼0.12 nm.