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

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

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 …

We review recent achievements with ultrafast bulk lasers and amplifiers based on Yb: YAG
and Yb: glass. Special attention is paid to those aspects of the quasi-three-level nature of …

Semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) devices have become a key component
of ultrafast passive mode-locked laser sources. Here we describe in more detail how the key …

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 …

During the past decade vibrational sum frequency generation as a method to study
interfaces has matured and can now be applied more routinely to systems of increasing …

We demonstrate 60-fs pulses with an average output power of 84?? mW from a diode-
pumped Nd: glass laser mode locked by a low-finesse antiresonant Fabry–Perot saturable …

We discuss mode-locking of low-gain solid-state lasers using a semiconductor saturable
Bragg reflector structure. This recently developed low-loss mode-locking device consists of a …

We present two novel semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) designs which can
exhibit more than ten times lower saturation fluence than classical SESAM devices. Design …