Atomic and Molecular Physics(DAMP)
Physique atomique et moléculaire (DPAM)
Tara FORTIER
JILA, University of Colorado
Carrier-envelope phase stabilized modelocked lasers
By drawing on the techniques of single-frequency laser stabilization and on improvements of ultrafast lasers, phase stabilization of Ti:sapphire lasers has led to great advances in both the fields of optical frequency metrology and ultrafast science. I will speak about the development of the technology and the application of modelocked laser stabilization to both these domains. Towards the latter, the highly phase-coherent pulse train of the laser has been employed in the exploration of quantum interference control in semiconductors, with the aim of developing a phase sensitive photodetector for simplification of the laser stabilization scheme. As an application to the former I will a phase stable octave spanning Ti:sapphire laser that is a possible candidate as a transfer oscillator for an all-optical clock.