Title :
Carrier-envelope control of femtosecond lasers with attosecond timing jitter
Author :
Keller, U. ; Helbing, F.W. ; Steinmeyer, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We have demonstrated long-term control of the carrier-envelope offset (CEO) with only 10 attosecond timing jitter and discuss the physical origin of the CEO fluctuations and the increased CEO phase noise due to additional external spectral broadening in a microstructure fiber.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser frequency stability; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical variables control; phase noise; spectral line broadening; timing jitter; CEO fluctuations; attosecond timing jitter; carrier-envelope control; external spectral broadening; femtosecond lasers; microstructure fiber; nonlinear refraction; phase noise; Fiber lasers; Fluctuations; Frequency; Laser noise; Microstructure; Optical control; Oscillators; Phase noise; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.238379
