High-precision group-delay dispersion measurements of optical fibers via fingerprint-spectral wavelength-to-time mapping

Takashi Ito; Ondrej Slezak; Masahiro Yoshita; Hidefumi Akiyama; Yohei Kobayashi

doi:10.1364/prj.4.000013

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