Ultrafast double-pulse parametric amplification for precision Ramsey metrology

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 7071-7082

  Kandula, D Z ^a   Renault, A ^a   Gohle, Ch ^a   Wolf, A L ^a   Witte, S ^a   Hogervorst, W ^a   Ubachs, W ^a   Eikema, K S E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENTS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHASE SHIFT;

FREQUENCY COMB LASER; PHASE-RELATION; RAMSEY METROLOGY; RAMSEY SPECTROSCOPY;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 43849090338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.007071     Document Type: Article

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