Testing ultrafast mode-locking at microhertz relative optical linewidth

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 558-568

  Martin, Michael J ^a   Foreman, Seth M ^a,b   Schibli, T R ^a   Ye, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Varian Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEWIDTH; QUANTUM NOISE; SAPPHIRE;

COMB SPECTRUM; MODE LOCKING PROCESS; OPTICAL LINEWIDTH; OPTICAL PHASE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHASE COHERENCE; QUANTUM LIMITED; TI:SAPPHIRE;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

EID: 58449122486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.000558     Document Type: Article

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