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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 3, Issue 5, 056014(2024)

Relative timing jitter compression in a Fabry–Pérot cavity-assisted free-running dual-comb interferometry

Chen Liu^1,2, Liang Xu^1,2, Lei Zhang³, Chi Zhang^1,2、*, and Xinliang Zhang^1,2

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¹Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan, China

²Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan, China

³Wuhan Vanjee Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Apr. 5, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 22, 2024

Published Online: Aug. 19, 2024

The Author Email: Chi Zhang (chizheung@hust.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.3.5.056014

CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.3.5.056014

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