Conversion of laser phase noise to amplitude noise in a resonant atomic vapor: The role of laser linewidth

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 728-735

  Camparo, J C ^a   Coffer, J G ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0000369399     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.728     Document Type: Article

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