Optical frequency standards and measurements

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1502-1513

  Hollberg, Leo ^a,b   Oates, Chris W ^b   Anne Curtis, E ^b,c   Ivanov, Eugene N ^d   Diddams, Scott A ^b   Udem, Thomas ^e   Robinson, Hugh G ^b   Bergquist, James C ^b   Rafac, Robert J ^b   Itano, Wayne M ^b   Drullinger, Robert E ^b   Wineland, David J ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND MODE-LOCKED LASERS;

ATOMIC CLOCKS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER MODES; LASER OPTICS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

EID: 0035686666     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.970895     Document Type: Article

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