Towards efficient octave-spanning comb with micro-structured crystalline resonator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9343, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Grudinin, Ivan S ^a   Yu, Nan ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belt; Combs; Dispersion; Fluoride; Microstructured; Whispering

Indexed keywords

BELTS; CRYSTAL RESONATORS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER RESONATORS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POWER INDUCTORS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLITONS;

COMBS; DISPERSION ENGINEERING; FLUORIDE; MICROSTRUCTURED; MODULATION INSTABILITIES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; OPTICAL QUALITY FACTOR; WHISPERING;

RESONATORS;

EID: 84931334544     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2085420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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