Frequency stabilization of a diode laser at 1540 nm by locking to sub-Doppler lines of potassium at 770 nm

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1049-1052

  Bruner, Ariel ^a   Arie, Ady ^a   Arbore, Mark A ^b   Fejer, Martin M ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85010131820     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.001049     Document Type: Article

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