Abstract
Simple multicolor electro-optic sampling-based femtosecond synchronization of multiple mode-locked lasers is demonstrated. Parallel timing error detection between each laser and a common microwave is achieved by wavelength division multiplexing and demultiplexing. The parallel timing error detection enables simultaneous femtosecond synchronization of more than two mode-locked lasers to the microwave oscillator, even when the lasers have different repetition rates. The residual root-mean-square (rms) timing jitter of laser-laser synchronization measured by an optical cross correlator is 2.6 fs (integration bandwidth, 100 Hz-1 MHz), which is limited by the actuator bandwidth in the laser oscillator. The long-term rms timing drift and frequency instability of laser-microwave synchronization are 7.1 fs (over 10,000 s) and 5.5×10-18 (over 2000 s averaging time), respectively. As a versatile and reconfigurable tool for laser-laser and laser-microwave synchronization, the demonstrated method can be used for various applications ranging from ultrafast x-ray and electron science facilities to dual- and triple-comb spectroscopy.
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