Optical–Optical Synchronization Between Two Independent Femtosecond Yb-Fiber Lasers With 10 –20 Instability in 105 s
Optical–optical synchronization between independent mode-locked lasers with attosecond timing precision is essential for arbitrary electric-field waveform generation, subcycle optical pulse synthesis, optical frequency transfer as well as next-generation photon-science facilities, e.g., X...
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| author | Haochen Tian Youjian Song Jiahe Yu Haosen Shi Minglie Hu |
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| description | Optical–optical synchronization between independent mode-locked lasers with attosecond timing precision is essential for arbitrary electric-field waveform generation, subcycle optical pulse synthesis, optical frequency transfer as well as next-generation photon-science facilities, e.g., X-ray free-electron lasers. Long-term stable operation with low timing drift is highly desired for all above applications. Here, we present a five-day uninterrupted timing synchronization between two independent femtosecond Yb-fiber lasers via balanced optical correlation method. The out-of-loop residual timing drift over the entire time frame reaches 733 as rms, corresponding to <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$1.36\times 10^{{\rm -20}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> instability at <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$1.31\times 10^{{\rm 5}}{\rm{\,s}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first characterization of 10<sup>5</sup> s instability for subfemtosecond optical–optical synchronization based on mode-locked lasers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d90716d9be4d484680a5046526744fb72025-08-20T03:32:37ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-01951710.1109/JPHOT.2017.27569098051036Optical–Optical Synchronization Between Two Independent Femtosecond Yb-Fiber Lasers With 10 –20 Instability in 105 sHaochen Tian0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2650-4915Youjian Song1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5182-8620Jiahe Yu2Haosen Shi3Minglie Hu4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4454-925XUltrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, ChinaUltrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, ChinaUltrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, ChinaUltrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, ChinaUltrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, ChinaOptical–optical synchronization between independent mode-locked lasers with attosecond timing precision is essential for arbitrary electric-field waveform generation, subcycle optical pulse synthesis, optical frequency transfer as well as next-generation photon-science facilities, e.g., X-ray free-electron lasers. Long-term stable operation with low timing drift is highly desired for all above applications. Here, we present a five-day uninterrupted timing synchronization between two independent femtosecond Yb-fiber lasers via balanced optical correlation method. The out-of-loop residual timing drift over the entire time frame reaches 733 as rms, corresponding to <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$1.36\times 10^{{\rm -20}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> instability at <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$1.31\times 10^{{\rm 5}}{\rm{\,s}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first characterization of 10<sup>5</sup> s instability for subfemtosecond optical–optical synchronization based on mode-locked lasers.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8051036/Timing synchronizationmode-locked laserstiming jitterbalanced optical cross-correlationattosecond photonics. |
| spellingShingle | Haochen Tian Youjian Song Jiahe Yu Haosen Shi Minglie Hu Optical–Optical Synchronization Between Two Independent Femtosecond Yb-Fiber Lasers With 10 –20 Instability in 105 s IEEE Photonics Journal Timing synchronization mode-locked lasers timing jitter balanced optical cross-correlation attosecond photonics. |
| title | Optical–Optical Synchronization Between Two Independent Femtosecond Yb-Fiber Lasers With 10 –20 Instability in 105 s |
| title_full | Optical–Optical Synchronization Between Two Independent Femtosecond Yb-Fiber Lasers With 10 –20 Instability in 105 s |
| title_fullStr | Optical–Optical Synchronization Between Two Independent Femtosecond Yb-Fiber Lasers With 10 –20 Instability in 105 s |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optical–Optical Synchronization Between Two Independent Femtosecond Yb-Fiber Lasers With 10 –20 Instability in 105 s |
| title_short | Optical–Optical Synchronization Between Two Independent Femtosecond Yb-Fiber Lasers With 10 –20 Instability in 105 s |
| title_sort | optical optical synchronization between two independent femtosecond yb fiber lasers with 10 20 instability in 105 s |
| topic | Timing synchronization mode-locked lasers timing jitter balanced optical cross-correlation attosecond photonics. |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8051036/ |
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