Amplification process in a high-Q cryogenic whispering gallery mode sapphire Fe3 + maser

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Benmessai K ^a   Bourgeois, P Y ^a   Tobar, M E ^b   Bazin, N ^a   Kersale Y ^a   Giordano, V ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frequency stability; Maser; Microwave oscillator; State equations

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FREQUENCY STABILITY; MASERS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RESONATORS; SAPPHIRE;

OUTPUT COUPLING; OUTPUT POWER; PUMP POWER; RESIDUAL IMPURITIES; SAPPHIRE RESONATORS; STATE EQUATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

EID: 75149121102     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/21/2/025902     Document Type: Article

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