Whispering-gallery-mode resonators as frequency references. II. Stabilization

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2988-2997

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

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; THERMODYNAMICS;

STABILIZATION TECHNIQUE; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE RESONATOR;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 39449109858     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002988     Document Type: Article

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