Femtosecond 1 GHz Ti:sapphire laser as a tool for coherent spectroscopy in atomic vapor

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2066-2069

  Moreno, Marco P ^a   Vianna, Sandra S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; Q SWITCHED LASERS; RUBIDIUM; ULTRASHORT PULSES; VAPORS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ATOMIC VAPOR; DOPPLER; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FEMTOSECONDS; FREQUENCY COMBS; GHZ FREQUENCIES; HYPERFINE LEVELS; REPETITION RATE; RUBIDIUM ATOMS; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80052317273     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002066     Document Type: Article

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