DOI: 10.1140/epjad/s2005-04-025-y
Overview of laser systematics
Gordon D. CatesJr.Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
(Received 15 January 2005 / Published online 08 February 2005)
Abstract
This paper discusses systematic effects in parity experiments that originate from the laser and optics system that are used in a polarized electron source. Covered are both the sources of systematics, as well as strategies for their minimization.
PACS: 29.25.Bx Electron sources - 29.27.Hj Polarized beams - 42.25.Ja Polarization - 42.25.Lc Birefringence - 11.30.Er Charge conjugation, parity, time reversal, and other discrete symmetries
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