Stability of resonant opto-mechanical oscillators

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 16234-16244

  Matsko, A B ^a   Savchenkov, A A ^a   Maleki, L ^a  

^a OEWAVES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE NOISE;

ELECTRONIC OSCILLATORS; LANGEVIN FORMALISM; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; OPTICAL MODES; OPTOMECHANICAL; RESONANT INTERACTION;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 84864131456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.016234     Document Type: Article

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