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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 8, 080601(2024)

Toward a compact fiber comb with 1.66 × 10⁻¹² instability based on acetylene-filled photonic microcells

Qingqing Chen, Yongqi Li, and Shun Wu^*

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Hubei Key Laboratory of Optical Information and Pattern Recognition, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China

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Paper Information

Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

Received: Jan. 4, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 10, 2024

Published Online: Aug. 14, 2024

The Author Email: Shun Wu (wushun_wit@163.com)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.080601

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.080601

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

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