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Control and precise measurement of carrier-envelope phase dynamics

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The evolution of the carrier-envelope offset phase ϕCEO of a 10-fs Ti:Sapphire laser has been traced on time scales from microseconds to seconds using various techniques. Precise locking of this phase has been achieved down to an rms deviation of 1/40 of an optical cycle. Stability measurements have been performed independently of the feedback loop, focusing on the phase jitter introduced by the feedback loop itself, the pump laser, and a prism compressor. It is shown that a multi-mode pump laser introduces more phase noise on ϕCEO than a single-mode pump laser.

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    S. Witte, R.T. Zinkstok, W. Hogervorst & K.S.E. Eikema

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Witte, S., Zinkstok, R., Hogervorst, W. et al. Control and precise measurement of carrier-envelope phase dynamics. Appl Phys B 78, 5–12 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1307-3

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