Ultrashort lasers provide an important tool to probe the dynamics of physical systems at very
short time-scales, allowing for improved understanding of the performance of many devices …

This paper will review and discuss pico-and femtosecond pulse generation from passively
modelocked vertical–external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers (VECSELs). We …

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 …

We review progress in the development of an unconventional type of semiconductor laser
that has become the focus of much attention in recent years. The vertical-external-cavity …

A semiconductor disk laser based on an InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum-well gain medium was
mode-locked by a fast semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. By high-order harmonic …

This paper will review the recent advances in the field of ultrashort pulse generation from
optically pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (OP-VECSELs). In this …

We use an ultrafast diode-pumped semiconductor disk laser (SDL) to demonstrate several
applications in multiphoton microscopy. The ultrafast SDL is based on an optically pumped …

The development of mode-locked semiconductor disk lasers received striking attention in
the last 14 years and there is still a vast potential of such pulsed lasers to be explored and …

Almost chirp-free pulses with a duration of 190 fs were achieved from a mode-locked
semiconductor disk laser (SDL) emitting at≈ 1045 nm. Pulse shaping was different from the …

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 …