The development of high-power diode lasers enabled new solid-state laser concepts such
as thin-disk, fiber, and Innoslab lasers based on trivalent ytterbium as the laser-active ion …

Recent developments in laser sources operating in the mid-IR (3–8 μ m) have been
motivated by the numerous possibilities for both fundamental and applied research. One …

We present a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) mode-locked thin-disk
laser generating 80 μJ of pulse energy without additional amplification. This laser oscillator …

Geometric scaling of a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: YAG thin-disk oscillator yields
femtosecond pulses with an average output power of 270 W. The scaled system delivers …

High harmonic generation (HHG) at a high repetition rate requires tight focusing of the
moderate peak power driving pulses. So far the conversion efficiencies that have been …

In this study, we report on a pure Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: CaGdAlO_4 oscillator optically
pumped by a diffraction-limited fiber laser. At the repetition rate of 96 MHz, several …

SESAM modelocked thin-disk lasers have recently reached new frontiers and remain the
leading technology in terms of average power and pulse energy, setting new performance …

We present a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) mode-locked thin disk
laser (TDL) based on Yb: CaGdAlO_4 (Yb: CALGO) generating 62 fs pulses, which is the …

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) is currently utilized for developing compact table-top
radiation sources to provide highly coherent extreme ultraviolet (XUV) and soft X-ray pulses; …

The progress achieved in the last few decades in the performance of ultrafast laser systems
with high average power has been tremendous, and continues to provide momentum to new …