Note: Demonstration of an external-cavity diode laser system immune to current and temperature fluctuations

We demonstrate an external-cavity laser system using an anti-reflection coated laser diode as gain medium with about 60 nm fluorescence spectrum, and a Rb Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter (FADOF) as frequency-selecting element with a transmission bandwidth of 1.3 GHz. With 6.4% optical feedback, a single stable longitudinal mode is obtained with a linewidth of 69 kHz. The wavelength of this laser is operating within the center of the highest transmission peak of FADOF over a diode current range from 55 mA to 142 mA and a diode temperature range from 15 degrees C to 35 degrees C, thus it is immune to the fluctuations of current and temperature. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3624696]