Long term comparison of two fiber based frequency comb systems

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 904-909

  Kubina, Philipp ^a   Adel, Peter ^a   Adler, Florian ^b   Grosche, Gesine ^c   Hänsch, Theodor W ^a   Holzwarth, Ronald ^a   Leitenstorfer, Alfred ^b   Lipphardt, Burghard ^c   Schnatz, Harald ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; ERBIUM; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SAPPHIRE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TITANIUM;

BEAT FREQUENCIES; CARRIER-ENVELOPE-OFFSET (CEO) FREQUENCIES; FIBER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 14744301156     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000904     Document Type: Article

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