Femtosecond synchronization of a 3 GHz RF oscillator to a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser

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作者
Kiewiet, FB [1 ]
Kemper, AH [1 ]
Luiten, OJ [1 ]
Brussaard, GJH [1 ]
van der Wiel, MJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Eindhoven Univ Technol, Dept Appl Phys, Cyclotron Lab, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
关键词
synchronization; mode-locked laser; electron gun;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(01)01994-5
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We have synchronized a 3 GHz electronic oscillator to a 75 MHz femtosecond self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with a relative root-mean-square phase-jitter of less than 20 fs in the frequency range of 0.05 Hz-100 kHz and a drift of 20 fs/h. The jitter has been measured by time and frequency domain analysis. Potential applications include synchronization of lasers and RF power sources in particle accelerator experiments and high-resolution pump-probe experiments using, e.g. electrons and lasers. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:619 / 624
页数:6
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