A sub-40-mHz-linewidth laser based on a silicon single-crystal optical cavity

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 687-692

  Kessler, T ^a   Hagemann, C ^a   Grebing, C ^a   Legero, T ^a   Sterr, U ^a   Riehle, F ^a   Martin, M J ^b,c   Chen, L ^b,c,d   Ye, J ^b,c  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; FRACTIONAL FREQUENCIES; LASER FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; MIRROR SUBSTRATE; OPTICAL CAVITIES; RIGOROUS ANALYSIS; SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS;

THERMAL NOISE;

MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

EID: 84867006321     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.217     Document Type: Article

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