Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 5, 20220291(2022)

Chip-scale Kerr optical frequency comb for wavelength-division multiplexing optical fiber communications (Invited)

Yanlan Xiao, Yanping Yang, Zhengyuxiao Yang, Jiahao Hu, Danni Jin, Yong Geng, and Heng Zhou
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  • Key Lab of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communication Networks, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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    Yanlan Xiao, Yanping Yang, Zhengyuxiao Yang, Jiahao Hu, Danni Jin, Yong Geng, Heng Zhou. Chip-scale Kerr optical frequency comb for wavelength-division multiplexing optical fiber communications (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(5): 20220291

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special issue—Microcavity optical frequency comb technology

    Received: Apr. 26, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 14, 2022

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20220291

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