Title :
Controlling the phase of a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator via coherent mixing of the pump-generated supercontinuum and an OPO subharmonic
Author :
Washburn, B.R. ; Ralph, S.E. ; Ranka, J.K. ; Windeler, R.S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We have shown by measuring the beat frequency between the supercontinuum (SC) and the optical parametric oscillator (OPO) 2ω s subharmonic, we can observe and control the relative phase slip between the pump and signal. The relative phase slip can be controlled for a large OPO signal range since the 2ωs subharmonic is mixed with the SC. It is possible to use the SC to extend carrier-envelope locking so that both the Ti:sapphire pulse and OPO signal are locked to an absolute reference
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; solid lasers; OPO signal; OPO subharmonic; Ti:sapphire pulse; absolute reference; carrier-envelope locking; femtosecond optical parametric oscillator phase control; large OPO signal range; pump-generated supercontinuum; relative phase slip; Crystal microstructure; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical fiber couplers; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Radio frequency; Signal generators; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rio Grande
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5947-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2000.890796
