Intracavity semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAM's) offer unique and exciting
possibilities for passively pulsed solid-state laser systems, extending from Q-switched …

This graduate-level textbook starts with Maxwell's equations. If the reader finds this
reasonable, this book should be helpful. Focusing on ultrafast solid-state laser oscillators …

Today's ultrafast all-solid-state lasers continue to demonstrate unsurpassed performances in
terms of pulse duration, pulse repetition rates, average power and wavelength range …

Semiconductor materials are well established for use in electronic and optoelectronic
devices. Remarkable advances in semiconductor growth and processing technology have …

Since 1990 we have observed a tremendous progress in ultrashort pulse generation using
solid-state lasers (Fig. 2.1. 1). Until the end of the 1980's, ultrashort pulse generation was …

We demonstrate wavelength tunability of femtosecond pulses over a range of more than
50?? nm from a diode-pumped Cr: LiSAF laser. The mode-locking mechanism can be …

Efficient high-power (900-mW) TEM_00 cw operation of a Cr: LiSrGaF laser pumped by a
Kr^+ laser is demonstrated. The results of laser and spectroscopic analysis, including …

Since 1990 we have observed tremendous progress in picosecond and femtosecond pulse
generation using solid-state lasers. Today ultrashort-pulse lasers are normally based on …

A diode-pumped Nd: fluorophosphate regenerative amplifier was developed. Chirped seed
pulses were amplified to 24 µJ at repetition rates to 1 kHz and to 5 µJ at a 10-kHz repetition …

The design and performance of diode-pumped Cr: LiSrGaAlF/sub 6/lasers mode-locked by
Kerr-lens mode-locking and a solid-state saturable absorber are described. The different …