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Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements

Saturated dispersion spectroscopy of the OsO/sub 4/. Application to high precision optical frequency standard

D A Tyurikov, G. Kramer, B. Lipphardt

Published Dec 24, 2002• 0 citations
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Abstract

Optical double-frequency phase comparator is proposed for detection of sub-Doppler saturated dispersion resonances of the OsO/sub 4/-absorber. This technique exhibits high sensitivity and small dependence of the background on the optical geometry. Experimental comparison of the phase resonances with normal Lamb-dip is presented.
DOI
10.1109/cpem.1996.547094

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