Optical frequency comb assisted laser system for multiplex precision spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3155-3162

  Consolino, L ^a   Giusfredi, G ^a,b   De Natale, P ^a,b   Inguscio, M ^a   Cancio, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ABSOLUTE FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY SEPARATION; HELIUM TRANSITION; LASER SOURCES; LASER SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; PRECISION SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRAL REGION; TWO PHASE;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

EID: 79951607875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.003155     Document Type: Article

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