Frequency stabilization of a ho:Tm:Ylf laser to absorption lines of carbon dioxide

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3664-3669

  Koch, Grady J ^a   Dharamsi, Amin N ^b   Fitzgerald, Colleen M ^b   McCarthy, John C ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FREQUENCY STABILITY; JITTER; MODULATION; OPTICAL RADAR; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TUNING;

LASER FREQUENCY;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0001586686     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003664     Document Type: Article

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