A light source for the1S0-3P0 optical clock transition in ytterbium

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hong, Feng Lei ^a   Yasuda, Masami ^a   Onae, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; ELECTRON OPTICS; IODINE; LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; YTTERBIUM;

CLOCK TRANSITIONS; DOPPLER; FREQUENCY GENERATIONS; FREQUENCY STABILIZATIONS; OPTICAL CLOCK TRANSITIONS;

LIGHT;

EID: 55649094058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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