Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical synchronization system for femtosecond X-ray sources
- Patent Title (中): 飞秒X射线源的光学同步系统
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Application No.: US11696591Application Date: 2007-04-04
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Publication No.: US08078060B2Publication Date: 2011-12-13
- Inventor: Russell B. Wilcox , Ronald Holzwarth
- Applicant: Russell B. Wilcox , Ronald Holzwarth
- Applicant Address: US CA Oakland
- Assignee: The Regents of The University of California
- Current Assignee: The Regents of The University of California
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Oakland
- Agency: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H04B10/00
- IPC: H04B10/00

Abstract:
Femtosecond pump/probe experiments using short X-Ray and optical pulses require precise synchronization between 100 meter-10 km separated lasers in a various experiments. For stabilization in the hundred femtosecond range a CW laser is amplitude modulated at 1-10 GHz, the signal retroreflected from the far end, and the relative phase used to correct the transit time with various implementations. For the sub-10 fsec range the laser frequency itself is upshifted 55 MHz with an acousto-optical modulator, retroreflected, upshifted again and phase compared at the sending end to a 110 MHz reference. Initial experiments indicate less than 1 fsec timing jitter. To lock lasers in the sub-10 fs range two single-frequency lasers separated by several teraHertz will be lock to a master modelocked fiber laser, transmit the two frequencies over fiber, and lock two comb lines of a slave laser to these frequencies, thus synchronizing the two modelocked laser envelopes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080043784A1 OPTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM FOR FEMTOSECOND X-RAY SOURCES Public/Granted day:2008-02-21
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