Ultra-precise timing and synchronization for large-scale scientific instruments

Sub-femtosecond precision timing synchronization systems

(2018) Ming Xin et al.   NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

Comparing Optical Oscillators across the Air to Milliradians in Phase and 10−17 in Frequency

(2018) Laura C. Sinclair et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

High-sensitivity optical to microwave comparison with dual-output Mach-Zehnder modulators

(2018) Mamoru Endo et al.   Scientific Reports

Long-distance telecom-fiber transfer of a radio-frequency reference for radio astronomy

(2018) Yabai He et al.   Optica

Simple-structured, subfemtosecond-resolution optical-microwave phase detector

(2018) Chan-Gi Jeon et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Synchronous multi-color laser network with daily sub-femtosecond timing drift

(2018) Kemal Şafak et al.   Scientific Reports

Breaking the Femtosecond Barrier in Multi-Kilometer Timing Synchronization Systems

(2017) Ming Xin et al.   IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

Accurate control of optoelectronic amplitude to phase noise conversion in photodetection of ultra-fast optical pulses

(2017) Romain Bouchand et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Femtosecond-level timing fluctuation suppression in atmospheric frequency transfer with passive phase conjunction correction

(2017) Fuyu Sun et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Reference-free, high-resolution measurement method of timing jitter spectra of optical frequency combs

(2017) Dohyeon Kwon et al.   Scientific Reports

10-fs-level synchronization of photocathode laser with RF-oscillator for ultrafast electron and X-ray sources

(2017) Heewon Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

Inertial-confinement fusion with lasers

(2016) R. Betti et al.   Nature Physics

Jitter analysis of timing-distribution and remote-laser synchronization systems

(2016) Kemal Şafak et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Versatile optical laser system for experiments at the European X-ray free-electron laser facility

(2016) M. Pergament et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Ultrafast amplifier additive timing jitter characterization and control

(2016) Alexis Casanova et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

(2016) B. P. Abbott et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Attosecond precision multi-kilometer laser-microwave network

(2016) Ming Xin et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Tight real-time synchronization of a microwave clock to an optical clock across a turbulent air path

(2016) Hugo Bergeron et al.   Optica

Femtosecond resolution timing jitter correction on a TW scale Ti:sapphire laser system for FEL pump-probe experiments

(2015) Marta Csatari Divall et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Timing jitter characterization of mode-locked lasers with

(2015) D. Hou et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Timing jitter of Raman solitons

(2015) Gengji Zhou et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Simple Method to Generate Terawatt-Attosecond X-Ray Free-Electron-Laser Pulses

(2015) Eduard Prat et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Probing the transition state region in catalytic CO oxidation on Ru

(2015) H. Öström et al.   SCIENCE

Femtosecond all-optical synchronization of an X-ray free-electron laser

(2015) S. Schulz et al.   Nature Communications

Optical aperture synthesis with electronically connected telescopes

(2015) Dainis Dravins et al.   Nature Communications

Attosecond timing in optical-to-electrical conversion

(2015) Fred N. Baynes et al.   Optica

All fiber-coupled, long-term stable timing distribution for free-electron lasers with few-femtosecond jitter

(2015) K. Şafak et al.   Structural Dynamics

Serial time-resolved crystallography of photosystem II using a femtosecond X-ray laser

(2014) Christopher Kupitz et al.   NATURE

Fiber-coupled balanced optical cross-correlator using PPKTP waveguides

(2014) Patrick T. Callahan et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

One-femtosecond, long-term stable remote laser synchronization over a 35-km fiber link

(2014) Ming Xin et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Balanced optical-microwave phase detector for sub-femtosecond optical-RF synchronization

(2014) Michael Y. Peng et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Few-femtosecond-resolution characterization and suppression of excess timing jitter and drift in indoor atmospheric frequency comb transfer

(2014) Jinho Kang et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Remote two-color optical-to-optical synchronization between two passively mode-locked lasers

(2014) H. Li et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Frequency comb-based microwave transfer over fiber with 7×10^−19 instability using fiber-loop optical-microwave phase detectors

(2014) Kwangyun Jung et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Broadband Noise Limit in the Photodetection of Ultralow Jitter Optical Pulses

(2014) Wenlu Sun et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Optical beam transport to a remote location for low jitter pump-probe experiments with a free electron laser

(2014) P. Cinquegrana et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW SPECIAL TOPICS-ACCELERATORS AND BEAMS

Ultrafast electron dynamics in phenylalanine initiated by attosecond pulses

(2014) F. Calegari et al.   SCIENCE

The future is fibre accelerators

(2013) Gerard Mourou et al.   Nature Photonics

Exploiting shot noise correlations in the photodetection of ultrashort optical pulse trains

(2013) F. Quinlan et al.   Nature Photonics

Optical two-way time and frequency transfer over free space

(2013) Fabrizio R. Giorgetta et al.   Nature Photonics

Achieving few-femtosecond time-sorting at hard X-ray free-electron lasers

(2013) M. Harmand et al.   Nature Photonics

Suppression of amplitude-to-phase noise conversion in balanced optical-microwave phase detectors

(2013) Maurice Lessing et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Low-frequency gravitational-wave science with eLISA/NGO

(2012) Pau Amaro-Seoane et al.   CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY

Ultrafast X-ray pulse characterization at free-electron lasers

(2012) I. Grguraš et al.   Nature Photonics

Optical flywheels with attosecond jitter

(2012) Andrew J. Benedick et al.   Nature Photonics

Highly coherent and stable pulses from the FERMI seeded free-electron laser in the extreme ultraviolet

(2012) E. Allaria et al.   Nature Photonics

Subfemtosecond synchronization of microwave oscillators with mode-locked Er-fiber lasers

(2012) Kwangyun Jung et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Femtosecond X-Ray Pulse Characterization in Free-Electron Lasers Using a Cross-Correlation Technique

(2012) Y. Ding et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Photoelectron Dynamics in X-Ray Free-Electron-Laser Diffractive Imaging of Biological Samples

(2012) Stefan P. Hau-Riege   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A 920-Kilometer Optical Fiber Link for Frequency Metrology at the 19th Decimal Place

(2012) K. Predehl et al.   SCIENCE

Few-femtosecond timing at fourth-generation X-ray light sources

(2011) F. Tavella et al.   Nature Photonics

Timing jitter optimization of mode-locked Yb-fiber lasers toward the attosecond regime

(2011) Youjian Song et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Sub-100-as timing jitter optical pulse trains from mode-locked Er-fiber lasers

(2011) Tae Keun Kim et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Impact of hollow-atom formation on coherent x-ray scattering at high intensity

(2011) Sang-Kil Son et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A

More Intense, Shorter Pulses

(2011) G. Mourou et al.   SCIENCE

Time-of-flight measurement with femtosecond light pulses

(2010) Joohyung Lee et al.   Nature Photonics

First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser

(2010) P. Emma et al.   Nature Photonics

Time-resolved pump-probe experiments at the LCLS

(2010) James M. Glownia et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Complete characterization of quantum-limited timing jitter in passively mode-locked fiber lasers

(2010) Jonathan A. Cox et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

High-resolution microwave frequency dissemination on an 86-km urban optical link

(2009) O. Lopez et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS

Guided wave optics in periodically poled KTP: quadratic nonlinearity and prospects for attosecond jitter characterization

(2009) Amir H. Nejadmalayeri et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Stable transmission of radio frequency signals on fiber links using interferometric delay sensing

(2009) Russell Wilcox et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

The Square Kilometre Array

(2009) P.E. Dewdney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

A femtosecond X-ray/optical cross-correlator

(2008) Cornelius Gahl et al.   Nature Photonics

Drift-free femtosecond timing synchronization of remote optical and microwave sources

(2008) Jungwon Kim et al.   Nature Photonics

High resolution radio astronomy using very long baseline interferometry

(2008) Enno Middelberg et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS