Optical frequency comb generation from a monolithic microresonator

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7173, 2007, Pages 1214-1217

  Del'Haye, P ^a   Schliesser, A ^a   Arcizet, O ^a   Wilken, T ^a   Holzwarth, R ^a   Kippenberg, T J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

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MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; LASER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 37549046447     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06401     Document Type: Article

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