Frequency stabilization of Nd:YAG lasers to 133Cs2 sub-Doppler lines near 1064 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1598-1604

  Inbar, E ^a   Mahal, V ^a   Arie, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0030486713     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001598     Document Type: Article

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