Title :
Power-scaling a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator via enlarging the cavity mode in the Kerr-medium
Author :
Brons, Jonathan ; Pervak, V. ; Fedulova, Elena ; Seidel, Mike ; Bauer, Dominik ; Sutter, David ; Kalashnikov, Vladimir ; Apolonskiy, Alexander ; Pronin, Oleg ; Krausz, F.
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Quantenopt., Garching, Germany
Abstract :
We report on a purely hard-aperture Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator delivering 230-W, 11.5-μJ, 330-fs (30 MW) in air. To our knowledge this is the highest average power achieved from KLM oscillators so far.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; lenses; optical Kerr effect; solid lasers; ytterbium; KLM oscillators; Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator; Kerr-medium; YAG:Yb; average power; cavity mode; energy 11.5 muJ; power 230 W; power 30 MW; power scaling; time 330 fs; Cavity resonators; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Power generation; Thermal stability; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
