Long-term carrier-envelope-phase stabilization of a femtosecond laser by the direct locking method

Opt Express. 2008 Aug 18;16(17):12624-31. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.012624.

Abstract

We have developed a practical solution to implement the direct locking method for the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) stabilization of femtosecond laser pulses and achieved 24-hour CEP stabilization without realignment of any optical components. The direct locking method realizes the CEP stabilization in the time domain by directly quenching the beat signal from an f-to-2f interferometer and, thereby, locking every pulse to a same CEP. We have accomplished the long-term CEP stabilization using commercially available standard feedback electronics, and maintained the CEP stabilization with low jitter without using any frequency-analyzing components, greatly facilitating the accessibility of the CEP stabilization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Feedback
  • Interferometry / instrumentation*
  • Lasers*
  • Lighting / instrumentation*
  • Oscillometry / instrumentation*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity