Transportable optical frequency comb based on a mode-locked fibre laser

IET Optoelectronics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 182-187

  Walton, B R ^a   Margolis, H S ^a   Tsatourian, V ^a,b   Gill, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HYDROGEN; LABORATORIES; MASERS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; RUBIDIUM; SAPPHIRE; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

AVERAGING TIMES; CONTINUOUS FREQUENCIES; DISCIPLINED OSCILLATORS; FIBRE LASERS; FRACTIONAL; FRACTIONAL FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY COMBS; GPS ANTENNAS; HYDROGEN MASERS; MEASURING; MOBILE UNITS; NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORIES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; OPTICAL SOURCES; TI:SAPPHIRE;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 54949112524     PISSN: 17518768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-opt:20070087     Document Type: Article

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