• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 2, 021406 (2022)
Yifei Duan1、2, Yafeng Huang1、2, Yanli Li1、2, Yating Wang1、2, Meifeng Ye1, Ming Li3, Yinnan Chen1、2, Jiaqi Zhou4, Lingke Wang1、**, Liang Liu1, and Tang Li1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 4Shanghai Key Laboratory of Solid-State Laser and Application, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Yifei Duan, Yafeng Huang, Yanli Li, Yating Wang, Meifeng Ye, Ming Li, Yinnan Chen, Jiaqi Zhou, Lingke Wang, Liang Liu, Tang Li. All-fiber-based photonic microwave generation with 10−15 frequency instability[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(2): 021406 Copy Citation Text show less
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