Optical frequency measurements using fs- comb generators

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 750-753

  Schnatz, Harald ^a   Lipphardt, Burghard ^a   Degenhardt, Carsten ^a   Peik, Ekkehard ^a   Schneider, Tobias ^a   Sterr, Uwe ^a   Tamm, Christian ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond (fs) lasers; Optical frequency comb; Optical frequency measurement; Stabilized lasers

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; IODINE; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; POSITIVE IONS;

FEMTOSECOND (FS) LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB; OPTICAL FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; STABILIZIED LASERS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 17444370068     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2004.843417     Document Type: Article

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