Title :
Towards optical attosecond pulses: Broadband phase coherence between an ultrafast laser and an OPO via lock-to-zero CEO stabilization
Author :
McCracken, Richard A. ; Sun, Jian ; Leburn, C.G. ; Reid, Derryck T.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Scottish Univ. Phys. Alliance (SUPA), Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
The carrier-envelope-offset frequencies of the pump, signal, idler and related sum-frequency mixing pulses have been locked to 0 Hz in a 20-fs-Ti:sapphire-pumped optical parametric oscillator, satisfying a critical prerequisite for broadband optical pulse synthesis.
Keywords :
laser frequency stability; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; OPO; Ti:sapphire-pumped optical parametric oscillator; broadband optical pulse synthesis; broadband phase coherence; carrier-envelope-offset frequencies; idler; lock-to-zero CEO stabilization; optical attosecond pulses; sum-frequency mixing pulses; time 20 fs; ultrafast laser; Coherence; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
