Terahertz optical clock generation with tunable repetition rate and central wavelength using variable-bandwidth spectrum shaper

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 4932-4937

  Anzai, S ^a,b,c   Komai, Y ^a,b,c   Mieno, M ^a,b,c   Wada, N ^a,b,c   Yoda, T ^a,b,c   Miyazaki, T ^a,b,c   Kodate, K ^a,b,c  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OPTOQUEST CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; BANDWIDTH; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PULSE REPETITION RATE;

ARBITRARY REPETITION RATE; CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; FREQUENCY COMBS; OPTICAL CLOCKS; PULSE TRAIN; REPETITION RATE; VARIABLE BANDWIDTHS; WAVE FORMS;

CLOCKS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 65249160247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.004932     Document Type: Article

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