Ultrafast lasers continue to be at the forefront of many scientific breakthroughs and
technological achievements and progress in the performance of these systems continue to …

Thin‐disk lasers (TDLs) are best known for their high‐power continuous‐wave industrial
applications. Nonetheless, the thin‐disk geometry is also highly attractive for ultrafast laser …

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 …

Pulses as short as 17.8 fs with a spectral bandwidth of 145 nm and central wavelength of
1118 nm have been generated from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: CALGO oscillator. The …

We experimentally investigate the limits of pulse duration in a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:
YAG thin-disk laser (TDL) oscillator. Thanks to its excellent mechanical and optical …

Direct generation of ultrashort few-optical-cycle pulses in various wavelength regions has
attracted great attention in recent decades. In this paper, generation of less than five-optical …

We demonstrate efficient pulse compression of a 13.4 MHz, 534 fs, 123 W, Yb: YAG thin-disk
oscillator down to 27 fs at 98 W average power, resulting in a record-high 166 MW peak …

The progress achieved in the last few decades in the performance of ultrafast laser systems
with high average power has been tremendous, and continues to provide momentum to new …

So far, the operation of ultrafast bulk laser oscillators based on Yb-doped gain materials and
directly emitting few-cycle pulses have been restricted to low optical-to-optical efficiencies …

We investigate power-scaling of a Kerr lens mode-locked (KLM) Yb: Lu_2O_3 thin-disk laser
(TDL) oscillator operating in the sub-100-fs pulse duration regime. Employing a scheme with …