Coherent injection locking of quantum cascade laser frequency combs
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Evaluating the coherence and time-domain profile of quantum cascade laser frequency combs.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Photonics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1749-4885,1749-4893
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-018-0320-3