External phase–modulation interferometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1623-1632

  Gray, Malcolm B ^a   Stevenson, Andrew J ^a   Harb, Charles C ^a   Bachor, Hans A ^a   McClelland, David E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interferometry; Michelson; Noise; Optical modulation; Quantum optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007817150     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001623     Document Type: Article

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