A proposed laser frequency comb based wavelength reference for high resolution spectroscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6693, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Osterman, Steve ^a   Diddams, Scott ^b   Beasley, Matthew ^a   Froning, Cynthia ^a   Hollberg, Leo ^b   MacQueen, Phillip ^c   Mbele, Vela ^b,d   Weiner, Andrew ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^e Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Exoplanet; Frequency comb; Optical spectroscopy; Radial velocity

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY COMB; RADIAL VELOCITY;

OBSERVATORIES; WAVELENGTH;

ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 41749115098     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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