Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 5, 20220302(2022)
Optical frequency comb in silicon nitride microresonator(Invited)
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Jin Li, Piyu Wang, Zhengyu Wang, Rui Niu, Shuai Wan, Guangcan Guo, Chunhua Dong. Optical frequency comb in silicon nitride microresonator(Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(5): 20220302
Category: Special issue—Microcavity optical frequency comb technology
Received: Feb. 20, 2022
Accepted: May. 13, 2022
Published Online: Jun. 14, 2022
The Author Email: Shuai Wan (wanshuai@ustc.edu.cn)