Circumvention of noise contributions in fiber laser based frequency combs

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5662-5668

  Benkler, Erik ^a   Telle, Harald R ^a   Zach, Armin ^b   Tauser, Florian ^b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b TOPTICA PHOTONICS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ERBIUM; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

LASERS, FIBER; METROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL STANDARDS AND TESTING; ULTRAFAST TECHNOLOGY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 23744474249     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005662     Document Type: Article

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