Ultrafast laser oscillators have become ubiquitous in science and technology. For many
years, however, their pulse energy has been limited to the nanojoule regime. Applications …

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 …

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 report on the generation of high-energy ultrashort pulses from a mode-locked Yb-doped
large-mode-area fiber laser operating in the all-normal dispersion regime. The self-starting …

We report on a passively mode-locked Yb: YAG thin disk laser oscillator that generates 11.3-
μJ pulses without the use of any additional external amplification. A repetition rate of 4 MHz …

We report on the development of highly dispersive mirrors for chirped-pulse oscillators
(CPO) and amplifiers (CPA). In this proof-of-concept study, we demonstrate the usability of …

We demonstrate the generation of high-energy picosecond pulses directly from a thin-disk
laser oscillator by employing a self-imaging active multipass geometry. Stable single-pulse …

We demonstrate a passively mode-locked femtosecond Yb: KLu (WO_4) _2 thin-disk laser
oscillator. Chirped-pulse operation in the positive dispersion regime as well as solitary …

A synthesis technique allowing to obtain a set of robust designs is reported. The robust
synthesis is based on simultaneous optimization of spectral characteristics of multiple …

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 …