Phase, timing, and amplitude noise on supercontinua generated in microstructure fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2166-2175

  Washburn, Brian R ^a   Newbury, Nathan R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; JITTER; LASER PULSES; PHOTODIODES; SOLITONS;

AMPLITUDE NOISE; FREQUENCY COMB; MICROSTRUCTURE FIBERS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 2942708138     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.002166     Document Type: Article

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