Dual frequency laser with two continuously and widely tunable frequencies for Optical referencing of GHz to THz beatnotes

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 17673-17678

  Danion, Gwennaël ^a   Hamel, Cyril ^a   Frein, Ludovic ^a   Bondu, François ^a   Loas, Goulchen ^a   Alouini, Mehdi ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS;

AMPLITUDE NOISE; DUAL FREQUENCY; DUAL-FREQUENCY LASERS; FREQUENCY NOISE; FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; OFFSET FREQUENCIES; TIME-SCALES; WIDELY TUNABLE;

OPTICS; MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 84905387780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.017673     Document Type: Article

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