Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 8, 1931(2022)

Mid-infrared broadband optical frequency comb generated in MgF2 resonators

Wei Wu1,2, Qibing Sun1,2、*, Yi Wang1,2, Yu Yang3, Xianshun Ming1, Lei Shi1,2, Keyi Wang3, Wei Zhao1,2, and Leiran Wang1,2,4
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 4e-mail: lionking@opt.ac.cn
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    Wei Wu, Qibing Sun, Yi Wang, Yu Yang, Xianshun Ming, Lei Shi, Keyi Wang, Wei Zhao, Leiran Wang. Mid-infrared broadband optical frequency comb generated in MgF2 resonators[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(8): 1931

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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Mar. 25, 2022

    Accepted: Jun. 21, 2022

    Published Online: Jul. 27, 2022

    The Author Email: Qibing Sun (qbsun@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.459478

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