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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 6, Issue 4, 046003(2024)

On-the-fly precision spectroscopy with a dual-modulated tunable diode laser and Hz-level referencing to a cavity

Shuangyou Zhang¹, Toby Bi^1,2, and Pascal Del’Haye^1,2、*

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¹Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany

²Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Physics, Erlangen, Germany

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Jul. 16, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 18, 2024

Posted: Jul. 19, 2024

Published Online: Aug. 12, 2024

The Author Email: Del’Haye Pascal (pascal.delhaye@mpl.mpg.de)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.6.4.046003

CSTR:32187.14.1.AP.6.4.046003

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