Ultra-flat broadband microwave frequency comb generation based on optical frequency comb with a multiple-quantumwell electro-absorption modulator in critical state

Cong SHEN; Peili LI; Xinyuan ZHU; Yuanfang ZHANG; Yaqiao HAN

doi:10.1007/s12200-019-0915-4

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