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High-fidelity line-by-line spectral shaping has been applied to more than 100 phase-stable optical frequency-comb components. This represents a significant step towards optical arbitrary waveform generation and control.

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Figure 1: A schematic of an OAWG showing its applications.

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Ye, J. Everything under control. Nature Photon 1, 447–448 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.130

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