Controlling the relative delay-time and jitter of femtosecond Ti:sapphire/SBR laser pulse-train by using a frequency-stabilized PZT/mirror

Author

Gong-Ru Lin ; Chang, Yao-Chung ; Tze-An Liu ; Ci-Ling Pan

Author_Institution

Graduate Program in Electro-Opt. Eng., Tatung Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

The tuning in delay-time and suppression in phase noise (or timing jitter) of an Ar/sup +/-laser-pumped, passively mode-locked femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser with intracavity saturable Bragg reflector (SBR) is demonstrated by integrating the laser with an actively-stabilized frequency-discriminating delay-locked loop. The delayed laser pulse-train with maximum pulsewidth, tuning range, gain, and rms timing jitter of 130 fs, 11.3 ns, 2.3 ns/volt, and 290 fs (<500 Hz) are reported.

Keywords

delay lock loops; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser mirrors; laser tuning; optical control; optical phase locked loops; optical pulse generation; phase noise; solid lasers; three-term control; timing jitter; titanium; PID control; PZT; PbZrO3TiO3; actively-stabilized frequency-discriminating DLL; feedback-control; femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser; frequency down-conversion; intracavity saturable Bragg reflector; laser pulse-train; linearity; optoelectronic phase-locked loop; passively mode-locked laser; phase noise; piezoelectric transducer controlled end-mirror; relative delay-time control; timing jitter; tuning range; ultrafast lasers; voltage-controlled tuning; Delay; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical control; Optical pulses; Phase noise; Timing jitter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971062

Filename

971062