Carrier-envelope phase stabilization of high-contrast femtosecond laser pulses with a relativistic intensity
Author(s) -
Kyung-Han Hong,
Jongmin Lee,
Bixue Hou,
J. Nees,
E. Power,
G. Mourou
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.2221877
Subject(s) - carrier envelope phase , femtosecond , optics , laser , envelope (radar) , picosecond , jitter , physics , intensity (physics) , phase (matter) , materials science , atomic physics , telecommunications , radar , quantum mechanics , electronic engineering , computer science , engineering
We report on the generation of carrier-envelope phase (CEP)-stabilized pulses with a relativistic intensity and a high-contrast ratio. The CEP stabilization is achieved with a jitter of 0.95 rad0.95rad from a 0.5 kHz0.5kHz femtosecond laser pulses with a focal intensity of 2.6×1018 W/cm22.6×1018W∕cm2 and a picosecond contrast of 2.5×10−92.5×10−9. CEP noise analysis shows that the beam pointing at the pulse compressor is a dominant factor of the CEP fluctuation with our laser system
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