A Decade of Sub‐100‐fs Thin‐Disk Laser Oscillators

J Drs, J Fischer, N Modsching, F Labaye… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Rare-earth doped mixed sesquioxides for ultrafast lasers

C Kränkel, A Uvarova, C Guguschev… - Optical Materials …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Sesquioxides are outstanding host materials for rare-earth doped laser gain media.
Unfortunately, their very high melting points make it challenging for them to be fabricated in …

Ultrafast laser manufacturing: from physics to industrial applications

L Orazi, L Romoli, M Schmidt, L Li - CIRP Annals, 2021 - Elsevier
Modern ultrafast lasers are enabling better operative performances in micro and nano-
fabrications of materials, benefited from their ease of use, robustness, and reliability. The …

Sub-30-fs Yb: YAG thin-disk laser oscillator operating in the strongly self-phase modulation broadened regime

J Drs, J Fischer, N Modsching, F Labaye, VJ Wittwer… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
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 …

10-W-scale Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: CALYO laser with sub-100-fs pulses

W Tian, R Xu, L Zheng, X Tian, D Zhang, X Xu, J Zhu… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We reported a high-power pure Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: CALYO laser based on the dual-
confocal cavity delivering sub-100-fs pulses. The output pulses at 81 MHz have an average …

High-power dual-comb thin-disk laser oscillator for fast high-resolution spectroscopy

N Modsching, J Drs, P Brochard, J Fischer, S Schilt… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Free-running dual-comb systems based on a single laser cavity are an attractive next
generation technology for a wide variety of applications. The high average power …

Intra-oscillator high harmonic generation in a thin-disk laser operating in the 100-fs regime

J Fischer, J Drs, F Labaye, N Modsching, VJ Wittwer… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate that Kerr lens modelocking is well-suited for operating an ultrafast thin-disk
laser with intra-oscillator high harmonic generation (HHG) in the 100-fs pulse duration …

Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond Yb: CALYO oscillator with more than 20-W average power

W Tian, X Tian, Q Li, G Wang, C Bai, Y Yu, X Xu, J Xu… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report on the demonstration of a pure Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: CALYO laser which
can directly deliver sub-200 fs pulses with more than 20-W average power. With an incident …

Sub-100-fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:Lu2O3 laser with more than 60% optical efficiency

X Su, Y Wang, Y Yin, M Wang, B Zhang, J He… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Yb-doped sesquioxides represent one of the most excellent laser crystals applying for high-
power ultrafast lasers owing to their very high thermal conductivities and broadband …

Diode-pumped high-power sub-100 fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:CaYAlO4 laser with 1.85 MW peak power

W Tian, C Yu, J Zhu, D Zhang, Z Wei, X Xu, J Xu - Optics Express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrated a diode-pumped high-power Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: CaYAlO_4 (Yb:
CALYO) laser with a dual-confocal cavity, directly generating 59-fs pulses with 6.2 W …