High-power 200 fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator

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作者
Pronin, O. [1 ]
Brons, J. [2 ]
Grasse, C. [3 ]
Pervak, V. [2 ]
Boehm, G. [3 ]
Amann, M. -C. [3 ]
Kalashnikov, V. L. [4 ]
Apolonski, A. [1 ,2 ]
Krausz, F. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Quantum Opt, Garching, Germany
[2] Univ Munich, D-8046 Garching, Germany
[3] Tech Univ Munich, Walter Schottky Inst, D-8046 Garching, Germany
[4] TU Wien, Inst Photon, Vienna, Austria
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奥地利科学基金会;
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LASER;
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10.1364/OL.36.004746
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a power-scalable Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator. It delivers 200 fs pulses at an average power of 17 W and a repetition rate of 40 MHz. At an increased (180 W) pump power level, the laser produces 270 fs 1.1 mu J pulses at an average power of 45 W (optical-to-optical efficiency of 25%). Semiconductor-saturable-absorber-mirror-assisted Kerr-lens mode locking (KLM) and pure KLM with a hard aperture show similar performance. To our knowledge, these are the shortest pulses achieved from a mode-locked Yb: YAG disk oscillator and this is the first demonstration of a Kerr-lens mode-locked thin-disk laser. c 2011 Optical Society of America
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页码:4746 / 4748
页数:3
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