Microwave signal generation with optical injection locking

Optics Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 1502-1504

  Bouyer, P ^a   Gustavson, T L ^a   Haritos, K G ^a   Kasevich, M A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; BANDWIDTH; BRAGG CELLS; CESIUM; FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCY STABILITY; LASER MODE LOCKING; MICROWAVE GENERATION; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

GROUND STATE HYPERFINE LEVELS; OPTICAL INJECTION LOCKING; OPTICAL ISOLATORS; RAMSEY FRINGES; STIMULATED RAMAN TRANSITIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030247488     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.21.001502     Document Type: Article

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