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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 1, 011402(2025)

Ultrastable Nd:YAG 1064-nm lasers with 2.1 × 10⁻¹⁶ frequency stability based on a field-programmable gate array frequency-locked system

Zhenqian Li^1,2, Zongyu Lu¹, Lingfeng Wan¹, Yuan Ru^1,2, Lisheng Chen^1,2,3, and Liufeng Li^1,3、*

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¹Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan 430071, China

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Zhenqian Li, Zongyu Lu, Lingfeng Wan, Yuan Ru, Lisheng Chen, Liufeng Li, "Ultrastable Nd:YAG 1064-nm lasers with 2.1 × 10⁻¹⁶ frequency stability based on a field-programmable gate array frequency-locked system," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 011402 (2025)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: May. 20, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 12, 2024

Published Online: Jan. 24, 2025

The Author Email: Liufeng Li (liufengli@apm.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.011402

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.011402

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

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