Laser frequency stabilization and control through offset sideband locking to optical cavities

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 15980-15990

  Thorpe, J I ^a   Numata, K ^a,b   Livas, J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY STABILITY;

CENTRAL FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; INTRINSIC STABILITY; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LASER FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; POUND-DREVER-HALL LOCKING; POUND-DREVER-HALL TECHNIQUE; WIDE TUNING RANGE;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 54749127014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.015980     Document Type: Article

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