Femtosecond pulse generation was pioneered four decades ago using mode-locked dye
lasers, which dominated the field for the following 20 years. Dye lasers were then replaced …

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 …

Sesquioxides combine excellent thermomechanical properties, comparably low phonon
energies and a strong crystal field, making them ideally suited for broad band emitting high …

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 present a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror mode-locked thin disk laser based
on Yb: Lu_2O_3 with an average power of 141W and an optical-to-optical efficiency of more …

We present for the first time to the best of our knowledge a systematic study of lifetime and
damage of semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) designed for operation in …

We report on thermal conductivity analysis and thin disk laser power scaling of Yb: Lu 2 O 3,
Yb: Sc 2 O 3, and Yb: LuScO 3. Using a volume Bragg-grating stabilized pump diode we …

We investigate Kerr lens mode locking of Yb: Lu_2O_3 thin-disk laser oscillators operating
in the sub-100-fs regime. Pulses as short as 35 fs were generated at an average output …

Cubic sesquioxides, RE 2 O 3, where RE= Y, Lu or Sc, are attractive host crystals for thulium
(Tm 3+) doping. A comparison of the spectroscopic properties of Tm 3+: RE 2 O 3 crystals in …

Semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) mode-locked thin disk lasers define the
state-of-the-art performance for high average power and high pulse energy femtosecond …