Passively mode-locked Yb:KLu(WO_4)_2 thin-disk oscillator operated in the positive and negative dispersion regime
2008; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 33; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1364/ol.33.001608
ISSN1539-4794
AutoresGuido Palmer, Marcel Schultze, M. Siegel, Moritz Emons, Udo Bünting, Uwe Morgner,
Tópico(s)Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
ResumoWe demonstrate a passively mode-locked femtosecond Yb:KLu(WO(4))(2) thin-disk laser oscillator. Chirped-pulse operation in the positive dispersion regime as well as solitary operation have been realized, and the laser performance of both configurations are compared. In the solitary mode-locking regime the output power exceeds 25 W in a diffraction-limited beam, and pulse durations as short as 440 fs at a 34.7 MHz repetition rate have been generated. For the first time we present a chirped-pulse operation of a thin-disk oscillator that yields a maximum average output power of 9.5 W with a Fourier limit of 450 fs.
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