Title :
5-μJ pulses at 12 MHz from a femtosecond passively mode-locked thin disk laser
Author :
Marchese, S.V. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Golling, M. ; Grange, R. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Quantum Electron., Phys. Dept., ETH Zurich, Zurich
Abstract :
We demonstrate an Yb:YAG thin disk laser generating 5-muJ pulses with 800-fs duration and >60 W average power. It operated in helium atmosphere, because the nonlinearity of air is critical for pulse energy scaling.
Keywords :
optical pulse shaping; solid lasers; energy 5 muJ; femtosecond passively mode locked thin disk laser; frequency 12 MHz; nonlinearity; pulse energy scaling; Helium; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628363
