Parametric seeding of a microresonator optical frequency comb

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 17615-17624

  Papp, Scott B ^a   Del'Haye, Pascal ^a   Diddams, Scott A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESONATORS;

FREQUENCY COMBS; MICRO RESONATORS; MICROCOMBS; MODULATION SIDE-BANDS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; OPTICAL SPECTRA; PUMP LASER;

PUMPING (LASER);

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FILTRATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLID STATE LASER; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRANSDUCER; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MINIATURIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84880925718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.017615     Document Type: Article

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