Observation of nearly quantum-limited timing jitter in an all-fiber ring laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2817-2823

  Namiki, S ^a,b   Yu, C X ^a   Haus, H A ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

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EID: 0002120051     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002817     Document Type: Article

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