Mid-infrared optical frequency combs at 2.5 μm based on crystalline microresonators

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, C Y ^a,b,c   Herr, T ^a,b   Del'Haye, P ^a,c,f   Schliesser, A ^a,b   Hofer, J ^a,g   Holzwarth, R ^a,c   Hansch T W ^a,d   Picque N ^a,d,e   Kippenberg, T J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c MENLO SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES D ORSAY   (France)

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

^g PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; INDIUM; SILICON;

BROADBAND DATA; CRYSTALLINITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL METHOD; RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DISPERSION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MID INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULE; NANOFABRICATION; NOISE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTRUM;

EID: 84875163373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2335     Document Type: Article

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