Title :
Carrier-envelope phase dynamics and noise analysis in octave-spanning Ti:sapphire lasers
Author :
Mücke, O.D. ; Matos, L. ; Chen, J. ; Kärtner, F.X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
The intensity-related carrier-envelope phase dynamics of octave-spanning Ti:sapphire lasers is investigated. Taking the laser gain dynamics into account, quantitative agreement between the measured and predicted carrier-envelope phase noise resulting from pump laser noise is achieved.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser noise; laser variables measurement; optical pumping; phase noise; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Ti:sapphire lasers; carrier-envelope phase dynamics; laser gain dynamics; noise analysis; pump laser noise; Bandwidth; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical noise; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Pump lasers; (120.3940) Metrology; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (320.7160) Ultrafast technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628257
