Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 5, 20220236(2022)

Low phase noise microwave signal generation with microcombs (Invited)

Jiachuan Yang, Rongwei Liu, and Xiaopeng Xie*
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  • State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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    Received: Apr. 5, 2022

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    Published Online: Jun. 14, 2022

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20220236

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