Locking lasers with large FM noise to high Q cavities

Proceedings of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and Exposition

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 928-931

  Duan, Lingze ^a   Gibble, Kurt ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ANALOG SERVO; LASER FREQUENCY; LINEAR MODEL;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 33846579695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FREQ.2005.1574058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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