Femto-Newton light force measurement at the thermal noise limit

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 539-541

  Mueller, F ^a   Heugel, S ^a   Wang, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; LIGHT FORCE MEASUREMENT; TORSION BALANCE OSCILLATORS;

LIGHT SOURCES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL NOISE; TORSION METERS;

SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 40849138511     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.000539     Document Type: Article

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