Alignment locking to suspended Fabry-Perot cavity

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1601-1608

  Slagmolen, Bram J J ^c   Barton, Mark ^b   Mow Lowry, Conor ^c   De Vine, Glenn ^c   Rabeling, David S ^c   Chow, Jong H ^c   Romann, Albert ^c   Zhao, Chunnong ^a   Gray, Malcolm B ^c   McClelland, David E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auto alignment; Fabry Perot; Interferometer; Laser frequency; Suspension

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844444671     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-005-0144-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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