Carrier-envelope phase locking of multi-pulse lasers with an intra-cavity Mach-Zehnder interferometer

We propose the use of an intra-cavity Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI), for increasing the repetition rate at which carrier-envelope phase-locked pulses are generated in passively mode-locked fiber lasers. The attractive feature of the proposed scheme is that light escaping through the open output...

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Published inOptics express Vol. 19; no. 23; pp. 23202 - 23214
Main Authors Shtaif, Mark, Menyuk, Curtis R, Dennis, Michael L, Gross, Michael C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 07.11.2011
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Summary:We propose the use of an intra-cavity Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI), for increasing the repetition rate at which carrier-envelope phase-locked pulses are generated in passively mode-locked fiber lasers. The attractive feature of the proposed scheme is that light escaping through the open output ports of the MZI can be used as a monitor signal feeding a servo loop that allows multiple pulses to co-exist in the cavity, while rigidly controlling their separation. The proposed scheme enables in principle a significant increase in the pulse-rate with no deterioration in the properties of the generated pulses.
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ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.19.023202