Comparison of 127I2-stabilized frequency-doubled Nd:YAG lasers at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1019-1028

  Picard, Susanne ^a   Robertsson, Lennart ^a   Wallerand, Jean Pierre ^e   Nyholm, Kaj ^b   Merimaa, Mikko ^c   Ahola, Tero E ^c   Balling, Petr ^d   Křen, Petr ^d  

^a PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR METROLOGY AND ACCREDITATION MIKES   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d CZECH METROLOGY INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^e Bur Natl de Metrologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

FREQUENCY DISPERSION;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0037455685     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.001019     Document Type: Article

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