Poppe, A., Holzwarth, R., Apolonski, A., Tempea, G., Spielmann, C., Hänsch, T. W., & Krausz, F. (2001). Few-cycle optical waveform synthesis. APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS, 72(3), 373–376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400000526
Ultrafast lasers; Optical frequency combs; Femtosecond laser
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Abstract:
We demonstrate cycle-slip-free electronic control of the carrier-envelope phase evolution of few-femtosecond light pulses, optical access to its sub-cycle fluctuations and suppression of the amplitude noise of a mode-locked laser by phase control. As a result, few-cycle light waveforms can now be synthesized with electric and magnetic fields reproducible to within a known phase error (< 0.3 rad) and an unprecedentedly low amplitude error (< 3%). The exploration of phase-sensitive light-matter interactions can be tackled.
