Er-doped fiber frequency comb with mHz relative linewidth

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 11972-11977

  Kim, Yunseok ^a   Kim, Seungman ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Hussein, Hatem ^a   Kim, Seung Woo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

(120.3930) Metrological instrumentation; (120.4800) Optical standards and testing; (140.3425) Laser stabilization; (140.4050) Mode locked lasers, (120.3940) Metrology

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; ERBIUM; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; INFRARED DEVICES; LINEWIDTH; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE MODULATION; SELF PHASE MODULATION; STANDARDS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; ER-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; FREQUENCY ACCURACY; FREQUENCY CALIBRATION; LASER STABILIZATION; METROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MODE-LOCKED LASER; OPTICAL STANDARDS AND TESTING;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 67650559327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011972     Document Type: Article

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