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 demonstrate an optically pumped passively mode-locked external-cavity semiconductor
laser generating 4.7-ps pulses at 957 nm with as much as 2.1 W of average output power …

We review and compare several recently introduced approaches for the generation of
picosecond pulse trains with multi-GHz repetition rates and relatively high average output …

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 a picosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) that is synchronously
pumped by a fiber-amplified gain-switched laser diode. At 24W of pump power, up to 7.3 W …

We present a 10 GHz passively mode-locked vertical external-cavity surface-emitting
semiconductor laser (VECSEL) with 1.4 W average output power in 6.1 ps pulses. The …

We investigate the performance of a magnesium-oxide-doped periodically poled lithium
niobate crystal (MgO: PPLN) in an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) synchronously …

We present a singly resonant synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator with a
record-high pulse repetition rate of 81.8 GHz. It generates up to 0.9 W of signal average …

We present two different diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd: YVO/sub 4/lasers with a
repetition rate of 40 GHz. This is the highest repetition rate demonstrated so far with diode …