Mechanical quality factors of fused silica resonators

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3681-3689

  Startin, William J ^a   Beilby, Mark A ^a   Saulson, Peter R ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000432623     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1149159     Document Type: Article

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