title: Microjoule pulses from a passively mode-locked Yb:KY(WO(4))(2) thin-disk oscillator with cavity dumping.
abstract: We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, a passively mode-locked femtosecond thin-disk oscillator with cavity dumping. A beta-barium-borate-based pockels cell imposes cavity dumping at a repetition rate of 1 MHz. The laser generates pulse energies up to 3 microJ with a pulse duration of 680 fs in a diffraction-limited beam.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Quantum Optics, Leibniz University Hannover, Welfengarten 1, Hannover, Germany. palmer@iqo.uni-hannover.de
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steinmann
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Morgner