A wide-range optical frequency generator based on the frequency comb of a femtosecond laser

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 258-264

  Kim, Young Jin ^a   Jin, Jonghan ^a   Kim, Yunseok ^a   Hyun, Sangwon ^a   Kim, Seung Woo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LINEWIDTH; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

COMPOSITE FILTERING; FREQUENCY CALIBRATION; GENERATED OUTPUT SIGNALS; LENGTH METROLOGY; OPTICAL INJECTION LOCKING;

FREQUENCY CONVERTERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY;

EID: 38049128681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.000258     Document Type: Article

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