Whispering-gallery-mode resonators as frequency references. I. Fundamental limitations

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1324-1335

  Matsko, Andrey B ^a   Savchenkov, Anatoliy A ^a   Yu, Nan ^a   Maleki, Lute ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY STABILITY; QUANTUM OPTICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

FREQUENCY REFERENCE; QUANTUM LIMITATIONS; WHISPERING-GALLERY-MODE RESONATOR;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 34447095654     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001324     Document Type: Article

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