Kerr combs with selectable central frequency

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 293-296

  Savchenkov, A A ^a   Matsko, A B ^a   Liang, W ^a   Ilchenko, V S ^a   Seidel, D ^a   Maleki, L ^a  

^a OEWAVES INC   (United States)

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EID: 79955638411     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.50     Document Type: Article

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