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Remote two-color optical-to-optical synchronization between two passively mode-locked lasers.
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Optics letters [Opt Lett] 2014 Sep 15; Vol. 39 (18), pp. 5325-8. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Using balanced detection in both the radio frequency (RF) and the optical domain, we remotely synchronize the repetition rate of a Ti:sapphire oscillator to an Er-doped fiber oscillator through a 360 m length-stabilized dispersion compensated fiber link. The drift between these two optical oscillators is 3.3 fs root mean square (rms) over 24 hours. The 68 MHz Er-doped fiber oscillator is locked to a 476 MHz local RF reference clock, and serves as a master clock to distribute 10 fs-level timing signals through stabilized fiber links. This steady remote two-color optical-to-optical synchronization is an important step toward an integrated femtosecond fiber timing distribution system for free-electron lasers (FELs); it does not require x-ray pulses, and it makes sub-10-fs optical/x-ray pump-probe experiments feasible.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1539-4794
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 18
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Optics letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26466262
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.005325