Spherical reference cavities for frequency stabilization of lasers in non-laboratory environments

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3471-3482

  Leibrandt, David R ^a   Thorpe, Michael J ^a   Notcutt, Mark ^a   Drullinger, Robert E ^a   Rosenband, Till ^a   Bergquist, James C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY STABILITY;

ACCELERATION SENSITIVITY; CAVITY DESIGN; CAVITY LENGTH; FABRICATION ERRORS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTIONAL FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; IDEAL GEOMETRY; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL AXIS; OPTICAL CAVITIES; SPHERICAL CAVITIES; SUPPORT FORCES; TWO-POINT;

SPHERES;

EID: 79951626884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.003471     Document Type: Article

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