Drift-free femtosecond timing synchronization of remote optical and microwave sources

Nature Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 733-736

  Kim, Jungwon ^a   Cox, Jonathan A ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Kärtner, Franz X ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND MODE-LOCKED LASER; FEMTOSECOND TIMING; MICROWAVE SOURCES; MODE-LOCKED LASER; OPTICAL PULSE TRAIN; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SYNCHRONIZATION TECHNIQUE; TIMING SIGNALS;

LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MICROWAVES;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 57049142267     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.225     Document Type: Article

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