Drop-port study of microresonator frequency combs: Power transfer, spectra and time-domain characterization

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 22441-22452

  Wang, Pei Hsun ^a   Xuan, Yi ^a   Fan, Li ^a   Varghese, Leo Tom ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Xue, Xiaoxiao ^a   Leaird, Daniel E ^a   Qi, Minghao ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION MEASUREMENT; COUPLING PARAMETERS; GROUP VELOCITIES; LINEAR OPERATIONS; MICRO RESONATORS; NORMAL DISPERSION; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; TRANSMISSION GEOMETRIES;

PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; RESONATORS; SILICON NITRIDE;

DROPS;

EID: 84884548996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.022441     Document Type: Article

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