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Photonics Research
Vol. 5, Issue 6, B54 (2017)

Kerr frequency combs in large-size, ultra-high-Q toroid microcavities with low repetition rates [Invited]

Jiyang Ma¹, Xiaoshun Jiang^1、*, and Min Xiao^1、2

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¹National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and School of Physics, Nanjing University 210093, China

²Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA

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