Title :
Attosecond resolution timing jitter characterization of diode pumped femtosecond Cr:LiSAF lasers
Author :
Demirbas, Umit ; Benedick, Andrew ; Sennaroglu, Alphan ; Li, Duo ; Kim, Jungwon ; Fujimoto, James G. ; Kärtner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Two diode pumped Cr:LiSAF lasers are synchronized using a balanced nonlinear optical cross correlator. An integrated timing jitter of less than 156 as in the 10 kHz to 10 MHz range is measured.
Keywords :
Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical noise; Pump lasers; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
