title: High-power diode-pumped passively mode-locked Yb:YAG lasers.
abstract: We obtained 74-kW peak power and 3.5-W average output power in 1-ps pulses from a diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser at 1030 nm that was passively mode locked with a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror. Another laser produced 57-kW peak power and as much as 8.1-W average output power in 2.2-ps pulses, split into two nearly diffraction-limited beams (M(2)<1.2) . To our knowledge, these are by far the highest reported peak and average output powers from a diode-pumped mode-locked laser in this pulse-duration regime.
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authors: Aus der Au
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authors: Schaer
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authors: Paschotta
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authors: Hönninger
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authors: Keller
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authors: Moser