Title :
Passive mode-locked 21 W femtosecond Yb:YAG laser with 124 MHz repetition-rate
Author :
Weitz, M. ; Reuter, S. ; Knappe, R. ; Wallenstein, R. ; Henrich, B.
Author_Institution :
Fachbereich Physik, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
Abstract :
We report on a high-power passively mode-locked Yb:YAG laser generating Fourier-limited pulses with a pulse-duration of 578 fs and an average power of 21.2 W in a diffraction-limited beam at a repetition-rate of 124 MHz.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; light diffraction; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; ytterbium; 124 MHz; 21 W; 21.2 W; 578 fs; YAG:Yb; YAl5O12:Yb; diffraction-limited beam; generating Fourier-limited pulses; passive mode-locked femtosecond Yb:YAG laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
