Gigahertz self-referenceable frequency comb from a semiconductor disk laser

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 16445-16455

  Zaugg, Christian A ^a   Klenner, Alexander ^a   Mangold, Mario ^a   Mayer, Aline S ^a   Link, Sandro M ^a   Emaury, Florian ^a   Golling, Matthias ^a   Gini, Emilio ^a   Saraceno, Clara J ^a,b   Tilma, Bauke W ^a   Keller, Ursula ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS;

FULL-WIDTH HALF-MAXIMUM BANDWIDTHS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF); LARGE MODE AREA FIBER; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; RESOLUTION BANDWIDTH; SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASER; TRANSMISSION GRATINGS; VERTICAL-EXTERNAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84903691203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.016445     Document Type: Article

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