CW-pumped single-pass frequency comb generation by resonant optomechanical nonlinearity in dual-nanoweb fiber

Optica

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 158-164

  Butsch, A ^a   Koehler, J R ^a   Noskov, R E ^a   Russell, P St J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microstructured fibers; Nonlinear optics, fibers; Optomechanics; Scattering, stimulated

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; GLASS; LASER MODE LOCKING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PUMPING (LASER);

MECHANICAL RESONANT FREQUENCIES; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS , FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY METROLOGY; OPTO-MECHANICS; OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY; SCATTERING , STIMULATED; STOKES AND ANTI-STOKES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 84924036080     PISSN: 23342536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.1.000158     Document Type: Article

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