Comparative analysis of spectral coherence in microresonator frequency combs

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 4678-4691

  Torres Company, Victor ^a   Castelló Lurbe, David ^b   Silvestre, Enrique ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 84894773212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.004678     Document Type: Article

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