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Title: Stokes and anti-Stokes Raman scatterings from frequency comb lines in poly-crystalline aluminum nitride microring resonators
Award ID(s):
1640959
NSF-PAR ID:
10114483
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Optical Society of America
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Optics Express
Volume:
27
Issue:
16
ISSN:
1094-4087; OPEXFF
Page Range / eLocation ID:
Article No. 22246
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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