Doppler-free spectroscopy of molecular iodine using a frequency-stable light source at 578 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1652-1659

  Hong, Feng Lei ^a   Inaba, Hajime ^b   Hosaka, Kazumoto ^b   Yasuda, Masami ^b   Onae, Atsushi ^b  

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

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; YTTERBIUM;

ABSOLUTE FREQUENCY; DOPPLER-FREE SPECTROSCOPY; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; HYPERFINE TRANSITION; OPTICAL CLOCK TRANSITION; SATURATION SPECTROSCOPY; SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 59849110230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001652     Document Type: Article

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