Title :
Sub-100-attosecond timing jitter between two-color mode-locked lasers by active/passive hybrid synchronization
Author :
Yoshitomi, Dai ; Kobayashi, Yohei ; Takada, Hideyuki ; Kakehata, Masayuki ; Torizuka, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated a timing jitter as low as 83 as between passively-synchronized Ti:sapphire and Cr:forsterite mode-locked lasers from 10 mHz to 100 kHz in combination with a slow active extra-cavity feedback control by use of the balanced cross-correlator.
Keywords :
chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser mode locking; magnesium compounds; optical correlation; sapphire; solid lasers; synchronisation; timing jitter; titanium; 10 to 100000 mHz; 83 as; Al2O3:Ti; Cr:forsterite laser; Mg2SiO4:Cr; Ti:sapphire laser; active synchronization; balanced cross-correlator; extracavity feedback control; hybrid synchronization; mode-locked lasers; passive synchronization; timing jitter; two-color lasers; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202222
