Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 2, 021406(2022)
All-fiber-based photonic microwave generation with 10−15 frequency instability
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Yifei Duan, Yafeng Huang, Yanli Li, Yating Wang, Meifeng Ye, Ming Li, Yinnan Chen, Jiaqi Zhou, Lingke Wang, Liang Liu, Tang Li, "All-fiber-based photonic microwave generation with 10−15 frequency instability," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 021406 (2022)
Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics
Received: Oct. 9, 2021
Accepted: Nov. 18, 2021
Published Online: Dec. 16, 2021
The Author Email: Lingke Wang (lkwang@siom.ac.cn), Tang Li (litang@siom.ac.cn)