Title :
Coherent pulse synthesis from two (formerly) independent passively mode-locked Ti:sapphire oscillators
Author :
Shelton, R.K. ; Long-Sheng Ma ; Hall, J.L. ; Kapteyn, C. ; Murnane, M.M. ; Jun Ye
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We present our recent breakthrough in pulse synthesis via synchronizing and phase-locking two independent mode-locked lasers. The resultant synthesized pulse train indicates for the first time to our knowledge, phase coherence between two separate femtosecond lasers.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical phase locked loops; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; synchronisation; titanium; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; coherent pulse synthesis; femtosecond lasers; independent ultrafast lasers; mutual coherence; optical heterodyne beat; passively mode-locked Ti:sapphire oscillators; phase coherence; phase-locked loops; phase-locking; phase-locking servo; second-order autocorrelation; second-order cross-correlation; spectral interferometry; synchronizing; Autocorrelation; Frequency synchronization; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical control; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.948228
