Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 2, 021407(2023)
Laser frequency locking method for Rydberg atomic sensing
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Kai Yang, Ruiqi Mao, Qiang An, Zhanshan Sun, Yunqi Fu, "Laser frequency locking method for Rydberg atomic sensing," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 021407 (2023)
Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics
Received: Jun. 28, 2022
Accepted: Sep. 8, 2022
Posted: Sep. 8, 2022
Published Online: Nov. 16, 2022
The Author Email: Zhanshan Sun (szs199252@163.com), Yunqi Fu (yunqifu@nudt.edu.cn)