Mechanical control of a microrod-resonator optical frequency comb

Physical Review X

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1-7

  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

A-STABILITY; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; LINE SPACING; MEASUREMENTS OF; MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; MECHANICAL CONTROL; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; PROCESSING TIME;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OPTICAL MATERIALS; RESONATORS; STABILIZATION;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

EID: 84893648521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.3.031003     Document Type: Article

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