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Study of a collinear single-shot-type cross-correlator for laser timing applications

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We propose and study the use of a single-shot, collinear, tilted-front cross-correlator scheme for relative pulse timing measurements. In a very simple geometry, sub-0.5-fs resolution and larger than 3-ps instantaneous time window in relative pulse timing measurement are demonstrated. In addition, the scheme is shown to be practically immune to the changes of the energy of the monitored pulses exceeding 10 %. On the basis of the obtained results, the scheme can be expected to find applications in diagnostics and stabilization of timing jitter and drifts of pulses originating from different sources.

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  1. These phase-matching angles have been calculated by using the free nonlinear optics software SNLO. Available on http://www.as-photonics.com/snlo.

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Acknowledgments

This work was performed in the framework of the FERMI project of Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste and partially supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) under Grants FIRB-RBAP06AWK3 and ELI. M. B. Alsous wishes to acknowledge both ICTP, Trieste, Italy, for the support of his stay in Trieste as an Associate Member, and the direction of the AECS for its encouragement. Authors wish to thank Antonio Conte for the technical support.

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    M. B. Danailov, P. Cinquegrana, A. Demidovich, G. Kurdi, I. Nikolov & P. Sigalotti

  2. Physics Department, AECS, P. O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria

    M. B. Alsous

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Danailov, M.B., Alsous, M.B., Cinquegrana, P. et al. Study of a collinear single-shot-type cross-correlator for laser timing applications. Appl. Phys. B 120, 97–104 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-015-6105-1

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