Microresonator-based comb generation without an external laser source

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1394-1401

  Johnson, Adrea R ^a   Okawachi, Yoshitomo ^a   Lamont, Michael R E ^a   Levy, Jacob S ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVES; EXTERNAL LASER SOURCES; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS; PUMPING SCHEMES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF AMPLITUDES; SINGLE FREQUENCY LASER;

RESONATORS;

PUMPING (LASER);

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FIBER OPTICS; LASER; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCER;

FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84893393421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.001394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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