Three-longitudinal-mode He-Ne laser frequency stabilized at 633 nm by thermal phase locking of the secondary beat frequency

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 266-270

  Yeom, Jin Yong ^a,b   Yoon, Tai Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b Mokwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; INTERFEROMETERS; PHASE CONTROL; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION;

FEMTOSECOND FREQUENCY COMBS; FREQUENCY CALIBRATION; FREQUENCY TUNING; SECONDARY BEAT FREQUENCY;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 12844253712     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.000266     Document Type: Article

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