Title :
Reducing the Fast Carrier-Envelope Phase Jitter of Amplified Femtosecond Laser Pulses
Author :
Moon, E. ; Li, Chengquan ; Duan, Zuoliang ; Tackett, J. ; Corwin, K.L. ; Washburn, B.R. ; Chang, Zenghu
Author_Institution :
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan
Abstract :
Stabilizing the interference signal obtained from co-propagating a HeNe beam in the f- to-2f interferometer used for carrier-envelope phase stabilization of a femtosecond laser oscillator reduced the fast phase jitter of the amplified pulses by ~40%.
Keywords :
gas lasers; high-speed optical techniques; jitter; laser beams; light interferometers; amplified femtosecond laser pulses; carrier-envelope phase stabilization; f-to-2f interferometer; fast carrier-envelope phase jitter; femtosecond laser oscillator; interference signal; Jitter; Laser noise; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453297
