Phase-locked two-branch erbium-doped fiber laser system for long-term precision measurements of optical frequencies

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5872-5880

  Adler, Florian ^a   Moutzouris, Konstantinos ^a   Leitenstorfer, Alfred ^a   Schnatz, Harald ^b   Lipphardt, Burghard ^b   Grosche, Gesine ^b   Tauser, Florian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c TOPTICA PHOTONICS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ERBIUM; FREQUENCIES; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

METROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; PARALLEL AMPLIFIERS; ULTRAFAST TECHNOLOGY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 10644229102     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005872     Document Type: Article

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