High-power solid-state sapphire whispering gallery mode maser

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 641-646

  Creedon, Daniel L ^a   Benmessaï, Karim ^a   Tobar, Michael E ^a   Hartnett, John G ^a   Bourgeois, Pierre Yves ^b   Kersale, Yann ^b   Le Floch, Jean Michel ^a   Giordano, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCESS; CONCENTRATION OF; CRYOGENIC SOLID; DC MAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY LEVEL; HIGH-POWER; HYDROGEN MASER; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MONOCRYSTALLINE SAPPHIRES; NEW RESULTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PARTS PER MILLIONS; POWER LEVELS; SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL; SAPPHIRE RESONATORS; SPIN POPULATION; THRESHOLD MASER OSCILLATION; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; HYDROGEN MASERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RESONATORS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

SAPPHIRE;

EID: 77949392398     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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