Échelle spectrograph calibration with a frequency comb based on a harmonically mode-locked fiber laser: A proposal

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2752-2759

  McFerran, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SPECTROGRAPHS;

CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; ECHELLE SPECTROGRAPH; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; NONLINEAR CONVERSIONS; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE; SIDEBAND ASYMMETRIES; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SUPERMODE SUPPRESSION;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 67649282739     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.002752     Document Type: Article

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