Effects of laser phase noise on the injection of a high-finesse cavity

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 33, 2002, Pages 6980-6990

  Morville, Jérôme ^a   Romanini, Daniele ^a   Chenevier, Marc ^a   Kachanov, Alexander ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PICARRO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LASER PHASE NOISE;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 0037146184     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006980     Document Type: Article

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