Ultrafast amplifier additive timing jitter characterization and control

Ultrafast amplifier additive timing jitter characterization and control.

We report on the characterization and long-term compensation of additive timing jitter introduced by a femtosecond ytterbium regenerative amplifier with a 100 kHz repetition rate. A balanced optical cross-correlation technique is used to generate a jitter error signal. This approach is well suited to characterize the additive timing jitter of Yb amplifiers seeded by narrow spectrum Yb oscillato...

Characterization of an Ultrafast Optical Parametric Amplifier System

Ultrafast laser and amplifier sources

There has been remarkable progress in the development of high peak-power ultrafast lasers in recent years. Lasers capable of generating terawatt peak powers with unprecedented short pulse durations can now be built on a single optical table in a small laboratory. The rapid technological progress has made possible a host of new scientific advances in high-field science, such as the generation of...

Understanding and Characterizing Timing Jitter

Modeling Timing Jitter in Oscillators

Timing jitter in oscillators is a key factor determining the phase noise performance of phase-locked loops. This paper reviews a theory of phase noise in oscillators, and presents timing jitter models suitable for discrete event simulation of these systems.