Closed-loop carrier-envelope phase stabilization with an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter

N. Forget (1) , L. Canova (2) , Xiaowei Chen (2) , Aurélie Jullien (2) , Rodrigo B. Lopez-Martens (2)

1 Fastlite-Centre Scientifique d'Orsay
2 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée

We demonstrate arbitrary carrier-envelope (CE) phase control of femtosecond laser pulses by an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter (AOPDF), with an accuracy better than π/100 at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. We also demonstrate, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, 15 Hz closed-loop CE phase stabilization using an AOPDF inside a 1 kHz chirped pulse amplifier to correct for slow CE phase drifts.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

N. Forget, L. Canova, Xiaowei Chen, Aurélie Jullien, Rodrigo B. Lopez-Martens. Closed-loop carrier-envelope phase stabilization with an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter. Optics Letters, 2009, 34 (23), pp.3647-3649. ⟨10.1364/OL.34.003647⟩. ⟨hal-00528230⟩