Low noise erbium fiber fs frequency comb based on a tapered-fiber carbon nanotube design

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 5313-5318

  Wu, Tsung Han ^a   Kieu, K ^a   Peyghambarian, N ^a   Jones, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DESIGN; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LINEWIDTH; ROBUST CONTROL;

ACOUSTO-OPTIC MODULATOR; ALL FIBER; CARRIER POWER; CARRIER-ENVELOPE; CNT FIBERS; CONTROL BANDWIDTH; ERBIUM FIBERS; FREQUENCY COMBS; LASER CAVITY; LASER DESIGNS; LOW NOISE; NOISE SOURCE; OFFSET FREQUENCIES;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 79952610683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.005313     Document Type: Article

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