• DocumentCode
    499263
  • Title

    Coherent pulse synthesis between a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator and its pump laser: Towards isolated attosecond optical pulses

  • Author

    Sun, J.H. ; Reid, D.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Ultrafast Opt. Group, Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate coherent synthesis between pulses from an optical parametric oscillator and its Ti:sapphire pump laser with a mutual timing-jitter of 30 attoseconds in 20 milliseconds, sufficient for attosecond waveform synthesis.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; attosecond optical pulses; femtosecond optical parametric oscillator; mutual timing-jitter; pulse synthesis; pump laser; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics; 120.5060 Phase modulation; 320.5550 Ultrafast optics - pulses; 320.7110 Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224342