“…1,2 In contrast, in passively mode-locked lasers such as the Kerr lens Ti:sapphire laser, it has been thought that phase noise, i.e., pulse timing jitter and pulse width fluctuation, are negligible at high detection frequencies (Ͼ1 kHz), and that amplitude fluctuations and phase noise are not correlated. Only recently, Poppe et al 3 observed a notable asymmetry in the noise power spectrum of an Ar ion pumped, mirrordispersion-controlled, sub-10 fs Ti:sapphire laser, which was attributed to coupling between timing jitter and pulse intensity fluctuations.…”