Title :
High damage threshold SESAMs for high power femtosecond modelocking: 23 W, 235 fs Yb:LuScO3 thin-disk laser
Author :
Saraceno, C.J. ; Heckl, O.H. ; Baer, C.R.E. ; Golling, M. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Beil, K. ; Kränkel, C. ; Petermann, K. ; Huber, G. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Modelocked thin-disk lasers (TDLs) are currently the leading ultrafast oscillator technology in terms of output power and pulse energy. We demonstrate the suitability of Yb:LuSc03 for power-scaling. We achieved 194-fs pulses with 9.5 W, which are the shortest pulses ever obtained from a modelocked thin-disk laser. Furthermore, we obtained 23 W in 235-fs pulses, limited by imperfect thermal contacting of the disk.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; lutetium compounds; ytterbium; LuScO3:Yb; high damage threshold SESAM; high power femtosecond modelocking; modelocked thin-disk lasers; power 23 W; power 9.5 W; time 194 fs; time 235 fs; ultrafast oscillator technology; Cavity resonators; Laser mode locking; Materials; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943709
