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High-power 200 fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator |
Optics Letters, Vol. 36, Issue 24, pp. 4746-4748 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.004746
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Abstract
We demonstrate a power-scalable Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator. It delivers 200 fs pulses at an average power of 17 W and a repetition rate of 40 MHz. At an increased (180 W) pump power level, the laser produces 270 fs 1.1 μJ pulses at an average power of 45 W (optical-to-optical efficiency of 25%). Semiconductor-saturable-absorber-mirror-assisted Kerr-lens mode locking (KLM) and pure KLM with a hard aperture show similar performance. To our knowledge, these are the shortest pulses achieved from a mode-locked Yb:YAG disk oscillator and this is the first demonstration of a Kerr-lens mode-locked thin-disk laser.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(140.5680) Lasers and laser optics : Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers
ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics
History
Original Manuscript: October 17, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: November 8, 2011
Published: December 13, 2011
Citation
O. Pronin, J. Brons, C. Grasse, V. Pervak, G. Boehm, M.-C. Amann, V. L. Kalashnikov, A. Apolonski, and F. Krausz, "High-power 200 fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator," Opt. Lett. 36, 4746-4748 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-36-24-4746
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