Microjoule pulses from a passively mode-locked Yb:KY(WO(4))(2) thin-disk oscillator with cavity dumping.
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.
Palmer
Guido
G
Institute of Quantum Optics, Leibniz University Hannover, Welfengarten 1, Hannover, Germany. palmer@iqo.uni-hannover.de
Siegel
Martin
M
Steinmann
Andy
A
Morgner
Uwe
U