Temperature feedback control for long-term carrier-envelope phase locking

Appl Opt. 2009 Sep 20;48(27):5127-30. doi: 10.1364/AO.48.005127.

Abstract

We report a double feedback loop for the improvement of the carrier-envelope phase stabilization of a chirped mirror based femtosecond laser oscillator. By combining the control of the Ti:sapphire crystal temperature and the modulation of the pump power, the carrier envelope offset frequency, fCEO, was locked for close to 20 h, which is much longer than the typical phase stabilization time with only pump power modulation.