High-resolution frequency standard at 1030 nm for Yb:YAG solid-state lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 927-931

  Ye, Jun ^a   Ma, Long Sheng ^a,b   Hall, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RESONANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

OPTICAL CAVITIES;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0034390465     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000927     Document Type: Article

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