• DocumentCode
    689073
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833454