Active optical clock

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-352

  Chen, Jingbiao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active atomic clock; Laser linewidth; Optical atomic clock; Schawlow Townes formula

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449086482     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0073-y     Document Type: Article

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