Improved short-term stability of optical frequency standards: Approaching 1 Hz in 1 s with the Ca standard at 657 nm

Optics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 1603-1605

  Oates, C W ^a   Curtis, E A ^a   Hollberg, L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC TRANSITIONS;

FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; MICROWAVES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0042761613     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.25.001603     Document Type: Article

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