Abstract

We demonstrate ultra-low-noise carrier-envelope phase stabilization of a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CYA laser frequency comb, which is the first time, to the best of our knowledge, that the feed-forward method has been applied to 1 μm all-solid-state lasers. We obtain a signal-to-noise ratio of more than 38 dB at a 100 kHz resolution bandwidth for carrier-envelope phase offset beat signals in two standard in-loop and out-of-loop f-2f interferometers. The residual integrated phase noise amounts to 79.3 mrad from 1 Hz to 1 MHz, corresponding to a timing jitter of 44 as. We also investigate long-term performances of the CEP stabilization in the feed-forward scheme, phase-locked feedback systems and the combining locking techniques in terms of sub-hertz frequency-resolved phase noise and Allan deviation in 1000 s. The results indicate that, although the feed-forward CEP stabilization method dominates in the range of 1 Hz to 1 MHz Fourier frequency, feedback methods with a time integration effect are superior in sub-hertz Fourier frequency phase noise suppression.

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