Spectral characterisation of tuneable, narrow-band diode lasers for Rb atomic spectroscopy and precision instruments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5830, Issue , 2005, Pages 281-285

  Slavov, D ^a,b   Affolderbach, C ^a   Mileti, G ^a  

^a Observatoire Cantonal   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Laser diodes; Laser spectroscopy; Optical instrumentation; Spectral characterization

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; RUBIDIUM;

LASER SPECTROSCOPY; NARROW-BAND LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 27744431972     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.618817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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