Diode-pumped Nd:FAP laser at 1.126 μm: A possible local oscillator for a Hg+ optical frequency standard

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 33, 1998, Pages 7801-7804

  Cruz, Flavio C ^a,b   Young, Brenton C ^a   Bergquist, James C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 18344396353     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007801     Document Type: Article

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