Stable laser system for probing the clock transition at 578 nm in neutral ytterbium

Proceedings of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1274-1277

  Oates, C W ^a   Barber, Z W ^a   Stalnaker, J E ^a   Hoyt, C W ^b   Fortier, T M ^a   Diddams, S A ^a   Hollberg, L ^a  

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

^b BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN; FREQUENCY CONTROLS; LASER SYSTEMS;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 51049104023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FREQ.2007.4319281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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