Linking the 474 THz HeNe/I 2 standard to the 445 THz single Sr + trapped ion standard: Heterodyne frequency measurements using an OsO 4 stabilized 29 THz laser system

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 553-557

  Madej, Alan A ^a,b   Siemsen, Klaus J ^b   Marmet, Louis ^a,b   Bernard, John E ^a,b   Acef, O ^c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Absolute stability; Carbon dioxide lasers; Frequency control; Frequency measurement; Laser absorber; Laser measurements; Laser stability; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Osmium tetraoxide; Standards; Strontium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342628594     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.769656     Document Type: Article

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