Towards CEP stabilized pulses from a KLM Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator

Author

Pronin, Oleg ; Seidel, Mike ; Brons, Jonathan ; Lucking, Fabian ; Angelov, I.B. ; Kalashnikov, V.L. ; Pervak, V. ; Apolonski, Alexander ; Udem, T. ; Krausz, F.

Author_Institution

Ludwig-Maximillians-Univ. Munchen, Garching, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The thin-disk (TD) technology allowed reaching unprecedentedly high average powers and high energies with sub-ps pulses directly from oscillators. Such oscillators can be considered as an extremely attractive alternative to Ti:Sa oscillators, the working horses of the ultrafast community. However, two more features are missing to make TD oscillators a suitable substitute to Ti:Sa oscillators: few cycle pulses (<;10 fs) and carrier-envelope phase (CEP) stabilization. The realization of these two properties would pave the way to applications in attosecond science and XUV frequency combs.

Keywords

laser mode locking; laser stability; lenses; optical Kerr effect; solid lasers; ytterbium; CEP stabilized pulses; KLM Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator; Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator; XUV frequency combs; YAG:Yb; attosecond science; carrier-envelope phase stabilization; few cycle pulses; subps pulse; thin-disk technology; Fluctuations; Gain; Noise; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Sensitivity; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801044

Filename

6801044