Spectral linewidth preservation in parametric frequency combs seeded by dual pumps

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 17610-17619

  Tong, Zhi ^a   Wiberg, Andreas O J ^a   Myslivets, Evgeny ^a   Kuo, Bill P P ^a   Alic, Nikola ^a   Radic, Stojan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEWIDTH; PHASE NOISE;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; FREQUENCY COMBS; LOW PHASE NOISE; SPECTRAL LINE WIDTH; WIDE BAND FREQUENCIES;

PUMPS;

EID: 84864607738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.017610     Document Type: Article

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