Experimental test of higher-order Laguerre-Gauss modes in the 10 m Glasgow prototype interferometer

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Sorazu, B ^a   Fulda, P J ^b   Barr, B W ^a   Bell, A S ^a   Bond, C ^b   Carbone, L ^b   Freise, A ^b   Hild, S ^a   Huttner, S H ^a   MacArthur, J ^a   Strain, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84872971062     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/30/3/035004     Document Type: Article

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