Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 11, 20210481(2021)

Research on Kerr optical frequency comb generation based on MgF2 crystalline microresonator with ultra-high-Q factor

Mengyu Wang1, Lekang Fan1, Lingfeng Wu1, Zhizhou Lu2, Bo Liu1, Zhuang Guo1, and Chengfeng Xie1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Test (Ministry of Education), Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China
  • 2Silicon Photonics R&D Center, Chongqing United Microelectronics Center, Chongqing 401332, China
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    Category: Special issue-Advanced technology of microcavity photonics materials and devices

    Received: Jul. 14, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 7, 2021

    The Author Email: Xie Chengfeng (xcf@nchu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210481

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