Design of an optically-locked interferometer for attosecond pump-probe setups
Abstract
Wepresentthedesignandperformanceofanactivestabilizationsystemforattosecond pump-probe setups based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration. The system employs a CW laser propagating coaxially with the pump and probe beams in the interferometer. The stabilization is achieved with a standalone feedback controller that adjusts the length of one of its arms to maintain a constant relative phase between the CW beams. With this system, the time delay between the pump and probe beams is stabilized within 10 as rms over several hours. The system is easy to operate and only requires a few minutes to set up before any pump/probe measurements.
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- Auburn Univ., AL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1570082
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1593815; OSTI ID: 1659653
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0017984; FA9550-18-1- 0333
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Volume: 27 Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Vaughan, John, Bahder, Joseph, Unzicker, Brady, Arthur, Davis, Tatum, Morgan, Hart, Trevor, Harrison, Geoffrey, Burrows, Spenser, Stringer, Patrick, and Laurent, Guillaume M. Design of an optically-locked interferometer for attosecond pump-probe setups. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.27.030989.
Vaughan, John, Bahder, Joseph, Unzicker, Brady, Arthur, Davis, Tatum, Morgan, Hart, Trevor, Harrison, Geoffrey, Burrows, Spenser, Stringer, Patrick, & Laurent, Guillaume M. Design of an optically-locked interferometer for attosecond pump-probe setups. United States. doi:10.1364/OE.27.030989.
Vaughan, John, Bahder, Joseph, Unzicker, Brady, Arthur, Davis, Tatum, Morgan, Hart, Trevor, Harrison, Geoffrey, Burrows, Spenser, Stringer, Patrick, and Laurent, Guillaume M. Fri .
"Design of an optically-locked interferometer for attosecond pump-probe setups". United States. doi:10.1364/OE.27.030989.
@article{osti_1570082,
title = {Design of an optically-locked interferometer for attosecond pump-probe setups},
author = {Vaughan, John and Bahder, Joseph and Unzicker, Brady and Arthur, Davis and Tatum, Morgan and Hart, Trevor and Harrison, Geoffrey and Burrows, Spenser and Stringer, Patrick and Laurent, Guillaume M.},
abstractNote = {Wepresentthedesignandperformanceofanactivestabilizationsystemforattosecond pump-probe setups based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration. The system employs a CW laser propagating coaxially with the pump and probe beams in the interferometer. The stabilization is achieved with a standalone feedback controller that adjusts the length of one of its arms to maintain a constant relative phase between the CW beams. With this system, the time delay between the pump and probe beams is stabilized within 10 as rms over several hours. The system is easy to operate and only requires a few minutes to set up before any pump/probe measurements.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.27.030989},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 21,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {10}
}
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