Subpicosecond laser timing stabilization

Author

Rodwell, Mark J.W. ; Bloom, David M. ; Weingarten, Kurt J.

Author_Institution

Edward L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

25

Issue

4

fYear

1989

fDate

4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

817

Lastpage

827

Abstract

The 0.25 Hz-25 kHz pulse timing fluctuations of a Nd:YAG CW-mode-locked laser are reduced from 20.6 ps to less than 0.30 ps rms by an electronic phase-lock loop. Stabilizer design considerations include the laser phase control characteristics, phase detector additive noise, and spurious detection of the laser amplitude noise by the loop phase detector. Applications include synchronization of multiple picosecond pulsed lasers, and synchronization of lasers and electronic signal sources in picosecond physical measurements.<>

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; neodymium; noise; phase-locked loops; solid lasers; synchronisation; yttrium compounds; 0.25 Hz to 25 kHz; 20.6 to 0.3 ps; CW-mode-locked laser; YAG:Nd laser; YAl5O12:Nd; electronic phase-lock loop; electronic signal sources; laser phase control characteristics; laser synchronisation; phase detector additive noise; pulse timing fluctuations; spurious laser amplitude noise detection; stabilizer design consideration; subpicosecond laser timing stabilisation; Additive noise; Fluctuations; Laser noise; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical design; Optical pulses; Phase detection; Pulse measurements; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.17346

Filename

17346