High-spectral-purity laser system for the AURIGA detector optical readout

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 462-468

  Conti, Livia ^a   De Rosa, Maurizio ^b   Marin, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GRAVITY WAVES; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL FIBERS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

HIGH-SPECTRAL-PURITY LASER SYSTEMS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0038512595     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000462     Document Type: Article

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