Field-test of a robust, portable, frequency-stable laser

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10278-10286

  Leibrandt, David R ^a   Thorpe, Michael J ^a   Bergquist, James C ^a   Rosenband, Till ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION SENSITIVITY; ACCELERATION SPECTRUM; LASER LINE-WIDTH; LASER PERFORMANCE; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; PASSENGER VEHICLES; TEST PLATFORMS;

AUTOMOBILE TESTING;

EID: 79957621636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010278     Document Type: Article

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