Power- and frequency-noise characteristics of an Yb-doped fiber amplifier and actuators for stabilization

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2224-2235

  Tröbs, Michael ^a   Weßels, Peter ^a   Fallnich, Carsten ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWER AMPLIFIERS; SATELLITES; SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER OPTICS AMPLIFIERS; FREQUENCY-NOISE CHARACTERISTICS; LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA (LISA); WAVE DETECTORS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 17444367002     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.002224     Document Type: Article

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