Measurement of air-refractive-index fluctuation from laser frequency shift with uncertainty of order 10-9

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Quoc, Tuan Banh ^a   Ishige, Masashi ^a   Ohkubo, Yuria ^a   Aketagawa, Masato ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air refractive index; External cavity laser diode; Fabry Perot cavity; Frequency shift; Pound Drever Hall method

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; AIR REFRACTIVE INDEX; EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER DIODE; FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; FREQUENCY SHIFT; HOMODYNE INTERFEROMETERS; IMPROVEMENT METHODS; LASER FREQUENCY; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; POUND-DREVER-HALL;

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIODES; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; LASERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 72149123666     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/12/125302     Document Type: Article

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