Measurement of sub-fm/Hz1/2 displacement spectral densities in ultrahigh-Q single-crystal microcavities with hertz-level lasers

Yoon-Soo Jang; Jinkang Lim; Wenting Wang; Seung-Woo Kim; Anatoliy Savchenkov; Andrey B. Matsko; Chee Wei Wong

doi:10.1364/PRJ.449782

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