Experimental demonstration of resonant sideband extraction in a sagnac interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 34, 1998, Pages 7995-8001

  Shaddock, Daniel A ^a   Gray, Malcolm B ^a   McClelland, David E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000779195     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007995     Document Type: Article

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