• DocumentCode
    733511
  • Title

    Few-femtosecond synchronization between a few-MHz Ti:Sapphire laser and a multi-GHz microwave signal

  • Author

    Jungwon Kim ; Walbran, Matthew ; Gliserin, Alexander ; Kwangyun Jung ; Baum, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show 3.7-fs (rms) synchronization between a 5-MHz, 0.5-μJ Ti:sapphire laser and a 6.2-GHz microwave signal [integration bandwidth: 1 Hz-2.5 MHz]. This result may help advancing pump-probe imaging in free-electron lasers or ultrafast electron diffraction.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; microwave photonics; sapphire; solid lasers; synchronisation; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; energy 0.5 muJ; few-MHz Ti:sapphire laser; few-femtosecond synchronization; free-electron lasers; frequency 1 Hz to 2.5 MHz; frequency 5 MHz; frequency 6.2 GHz; integration bandwidth; multiGHz microwave signal; pump-probe imaging; time 3.7 fs; ultrafast electron diffraction; Masers; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave filters; Microwave oscillators; Optical pulses; Synchronization; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183951