Accurate measurement of carrier-envelope phase drift for infrared femtosecond laser pulses

Opt Express. 2008 Dec 22;16(26):21383-8. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.021383.

Abstract

A novel scheme to eliminate the artificial background phase jitter is proposed for measuring the carrier-envelope phase drift of tunable infrared femtosecond pulses from an OPA laser. Different from previous methods, a reference spectral interference measurement is performed, which reveals the artificial phase jitter in the measurement process, in addition to the normal f-to-2f interference measurement between the incident laser pulses and it second harmonic. By analyzing the interference fringes, the accurate CEP fluctuation of the incident pulses is obtained.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't