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

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 12624-12631

  Lee, Jae Hwan ^a   Lee, Yong Soo ^a   Park, Juyun ^a   Yu, Tae Jun ^b   Nam, Chang Hee ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LOCKS (FASTENERS); STABILIZATION; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

BEAT SIGNALS; CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE STABILIZATIONS; FEEDBACK ELECTRONICS; LOW JITTERS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; TIME DOMAIN;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; OSCILLOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; LIGHTING; OSCILLOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 50049093534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012624     Document Type: Article

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