Ultrasensitive laser measurements without tears

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 903-920

  Hobbs, Philip C D ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000051257     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000903     Document Type: Article

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