Coherent optical link over hundreds of metres and hundreds of terahertz with subfemtosecond timing jitter

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 283-287

  Coddington, I ^a   Swann, W C ^a   Lorini, L ^b   Bergquist, J C ^a   Le Coq, Y ^c   Oates, C W ^a   Quraishi, Q ^a   Feder, K S ^d   Nicholson, J W ^d   Westbrook, P S ^d   Diddams, S A ^a   Newbury, N R ^a  

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

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^c Laboratoire Systemes de Reference Temps Espace   (France)

^d OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT OPTICAL LINKS; FREQUENCY INSTABILITIES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL-FREQUENCY COMBS; RELATIVE STABILITIES; STABILIZED LASERS; SUB-FEMTOSECOND TIMING JITTER;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

TIMING JITTER;

EID: 34249934196     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.71     Document Type: Article

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