Absolute distance measurement with heterodyne optical feedback on a Yb:Er glass laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4084-4091

  Kervevan, Luc ^a   Gilles, Hervé ^a   Girard, Sylvain ^a   Laroche, Mathieu ^a   Monfort, Yves ^b  

^a Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche Ions Lasers   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HETERODYNING; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

GLASS LASERS; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; RELAXATION OSCILLATION FREQUENCY PEAK; RESONANT EXCITATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33746107520     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004084     Document Type: Article

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