title: Impact of laser phase and amplitude noises on streak camera temporal resolution.
abstract: Streak cameras are now reaching sub-picosecond temporal resolution. In cumulative acquisition mode, this resolution does not entirely rely on the electronic or the vacuum tube performances but also on the light source characteristics. The light source, usually an actively mode-locked laser, is affected by phase and amplitude noises. In this paper, the theoretical effects of such noises on the synchronization of the streak system are studied in synchroscan and triggered modes. More precisely, the contribution of band-pass filters, delays, and time walk is ascertained. Methods to compute the resulting synchronization jitter are depicted. The results are verified by measurement with a streak camera combined with a Ti:Al2O3 solid state laser oscillator and also a fiber oscillator.
authors.affiliation: ICube, UMR 7357, University of Strasbourg and CNRS, 23 rue du Loess, 67037 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wlotzko
authors.affiliation: ICube, UMR 7357, University of Strasbourg and CNRS, 23 rue du Loess, 67037 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Uhring
authors.affiliation: Optronis GmbH, Ludwigstrasse 2, 77694 Kehl, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Summ