Towards coherent pulse synthesis using independently tunable femtosecond oscillators

Author

Gale, B.J.S. ; Sun, J.H. ; Reid, D.T.

Author_Institution

Ultrafast Opt. Group, Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Pulses at 780 nm from a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator and its Ti:sapphire pump laser were phase-locked as a prerequisite to coherent synthesis at different wavelengths. Coherence was demonstrated using spectral interferometry and interferometric cross-correlation.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; light interferometry; optical correlation; optical parametric oscillators; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; Ti:sapphire pump laser; coherent pulse synthesis; femtosecond optical parametric oscillator; independently tunable femtosecond oscillator; interferometric cross-correlation; laser phase-locking; spectral interferometry; wavelength 780 nm; Coherence; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics; 20.5550 Ultrafast optics — pulses; 20.7090 Ultrafast lasers; 90.4970 Parametric oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571189