16.2-W average power from a diode-pumped femtosecond Yb:YAG thin disk laser
Optics Letters, Vol. 25, Issue 11, pp. 859-861 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.25.000859
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Abstract
We demonstrate a power-scalable concept for high-power all-solid-state femtosecond lasers, based on passive mode locking of Yb:YAG thin disk lasers with semiconductor saturable-absorber mirrors. We obtained 16.2 W of average output power in pulses with 730-fs duration, 0.47-μJ pulse energy, and 560-kW peak power. This is to our knowledge the highest average power reported for a laser oscillator in the subpicosecond regime. Single-pass frequency doubling through a 5-mm-long lithium triborate crystal (LBO) yields 8-W average output power of 515-nm radiation.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(140.5680) Lasers and laser optics : Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
Citation
J. Aus der Au, G. J. Spühler, T. Südmeyer, R. Paschotta, R. Hövel, M. Moser, S. Erhard, M. Karszewski, A. Giesen, and U. Keller, "16.2-W average power from a diode-pumped femtosecond Yb:YAG thin disk laser," Opt. Lett. 25, 859-861 (2000)
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