Long-term measurement of optical frequencies using a simple, robust and low-noise fiber based frequency comb

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5223-5231

  Inaba, Hajime ^a   Daimon, Yuta ^a   Hong, Feng Lei ^a   Onae, Atsushi ^a   Minoshima, Kaoru ^a   Schibli, Thomas R ^a   Matsumoto, Hirokazu ^a   Hirano, Masaaki ^b   Okuno, Toshiaki ^b   Onishi, Masashi ^b   Nakazawa, Masataka ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOLID STATE LASERS;

ACETYLENE-STABILIZED LASER; FIBER-BASED COMB; OPTICAL FREQUENCIES; ZERO-DISPERSION WAVELENGTH;

ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33745158685     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005223     Document Type: Article

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