The evolving optical frequency comb [Invited]

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Diddams, Scott A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

ATTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FREQUENCY COMBS; FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS; MODE-LOCKED; OPTICAL ATOMIC CLOCKS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; WAVEFORM GENERATION;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 78149379295     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000B51     Document Type: Article

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