Absolute-frequency measurement of an acetylene-stabilized laser locked to the P(16) transition of 13C2H2 using an optical-frequency comb

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 509-512

  Moon, Han Seb ^a   Lee, Won Kyu ^b   Suh, Ho Suhng ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetylene stabilized laser; Frequency standards; Optical frequency measurement; Optical frequency comb

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ACETYLENE-STABILIZED LASER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL-FREQUENCY COMB;

FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

EID: 34047240845     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.891056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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