Demonstration of a stable ultrafast laser based on a nonlinear microcavity

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Peccianti, M ^a,b   Pasquazi, A ^a   Park, Y ^a   Little, B E ^c   Chu, S T ^c,d   Moss, D J ^a,e   Morandotti, R ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b ISC CNR   (Italy)

^c INFINERA CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; LASER; NOISE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTRUM; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAFAST LASER;

EID: 84860289941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1762     Document Type: Article

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