Toward a low-jitter 10 GHz pulsed source with an optical frequency comb generator

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8498-8508

  Shijun, Xiao ^a   Hollberg, Leo ^a   Newbury, Nathan R ^a   Diddams, Scott A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; MODULATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPING (LASER);

COMB GENERATORS; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; FREQUENCY OFFSETS; LOW JITTERS; OPERATION POINT; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB GENERATORS; PULSED SOURCE; RESIDUAL PHASE NOISE;

TIMING JITTER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; LIGHT; MICROWAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 45249085643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008498     Document Type: Article

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