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Optical frequency combs generated by fourwave mixing in optical fibers for astrophysical spectrometer calibration and metrology

Cruz, 2008

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14255729108981154376
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Cruz F
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Optical frequency combs generated by multiple four-wave mixing in short and highly nonlinear optical fibers are proposed for use as high precision frequency markers, calibration of astrophysical spectrometers, broadband spectroscopy and metrology …
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