High-stability diode-laser-based frequency reference at 1083 nm with iodine lines at 541.5 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 692-697

  Picqué, Nathalie ^a   Cancio, Pablo ^b   Giusfredi, Giovanni ^b   De Natale, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; FREQUENCY STABILITY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS (DBR);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0035608130     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000692     Document Type: Article

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