A deep-UV optical frequency comb at 205 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 9183-9190

  Peters, E ^a   Diddams, S A ^a,b   Fendel, P ^a   Reinhardt, S ^a   TWHansch, ^a   Udem, Th ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SAPPHIRE;

BANDWIDTH LIMITED PULSE; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; FREQUENCY COMB SPECTROSCOPIES; FREQUENCY QUADRUPLING; FREQUENCY-DOUBLING; NONLINEAR FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 66449111344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009183     Document Type: Article

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