title: Pulse synchronization system for picosecond pulse-pumped OPCPA with femtosecond-level relative timing jitter.
abstract: A simple and compact scheme for synchronization of the pump and signal pulses for short-pulse OPCPA is demonstrated. Relative timing jitter of 17 fs RMS is achieved (1% of the pump pulse duration) and the system remains locked for hours. The scheme uses a balanced optical cross correlator to detect relative delays between the pump and signal pulses and can be operated with just 10's of μJ of pump energy and pJ-level signal energies.
authors.forename: František
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Batysta
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Antipenkov
authors.forename: Jonathan T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Jack A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Naylon
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Novák
authors.forename: Tomáš
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mazanec
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hříbek
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zervos
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bakule
authors.forename: Bedřich
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rus
mesh_terms: D005246:Feedback; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013997:Time Factors