Highly sensitive detection of the carrier-envelope phase evolution and offset of femtosecond mode-locked oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1098-1103

  Jones, David J ^a,b   Fortier, Tara M ^a   Cundiff, Steven T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; DISPERSION (WAVES); INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PUMPING (LASER); SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; ZINC OXIDE;

CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE EVOLUTION; EXTRACAVITY DISPERSION; FEMTOSECOND MODE LOCKED OSCILLATORS; LOCK-IN AMPLIFIER; LOCK-IN DETECTION METHOD; STATIC OFFSETS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 10044288399     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001098     Document Type: Article

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