Open AccessCarrier-envelope phase dynamics and noise analysis in octave-spanning Ti:sapphire lasers
Author(s) -
Lia Matos,
Oliver D. Mücke,
Jian Chen,
Franz X. Kärtner
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.002497
Subject(s) - carrier envelope phase , phase noise , envelope (radar) , materials science , optics , sapphire , noise (video) , octave (electronics) , laser , ti:sapphire laser , phase (matter) , physics , computer science , telecommunications , radar , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
We investigate the carrier-envelope phase dynamics of octave-spanning Ti:sapphire lasers and perform a complete noise analysis of the carrier-envelope phase stabilization. We model the effect of the laser dynamics on the residual carrier-envelope phase noise by deriving a transfer function representation of the octave-spanning frequency comb. The modelled phase noise and the experimental results show excellent agreement. This greatly enhances our capability of predicting the dependence of the residual carrier-envelope phase noise on the feedback loop filter, the carrier-envelope frequency control mechanism and the pump laser used.