Long-distance optical synchronization system for X-ray free electron lasers

Author

Ilday, F. Ö ; Winter, A. ; Schlarb, H. ; Chen, J. ; Benedict, A. ; Kim, J.W. ; Cheevers, D. ; Wong, D. ; Kärtner, F.X.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Next generation light sources demand femtosecond-level synchronization of its subcomponents over distances of several km. We demonstrate an optical synchronization system based on distribution of mode-locked pulses over optical fiber in a real accelerator environment.

Keywords

X-ray lasers; free electron lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical fibres; synchronisation; X-ray lasers; accelerator environment; femtosecond-level synchronization; free electron lasers; light sources; long-distance optical synchronization; mode-locked pulses; optical fiber; optical synchronization; Electron optics; Fiber lasers; Free electron lasers; Frequency synchronization; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Radio frequency; Ultrafast optics; X-ray lasers; (060.2360) Fiber optics links and subsystems; (120.7000) Transmission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628259

Filename

4628259