Ultrahigh level of frequency stabilisation of an injection locked Nd:YAG laser with relevance to gravitational wave detection

Optics Communications

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 177-184

  Clubley, D A ^a   Skeldon, K D ^a   Barr, B W ^a   Newton, G P ^a   Hough, K A Strain J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY STABILITY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FREQUENCY NOISE;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0034512812     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)01060-9     Document Type: Article

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