title: Pulsing dynamics in Ytterbium based chirped-pulse oscillators.
abstract: The properties of passively mode-locked laser oscillators based on Ytterbium doped gain media are studied theoretically along with experimental data. Based on the chirped-pulse approach limitations due to excessive non-linearities are avoided, opening up new routes for energy scaling of mode-locked solid-state oscillators. Predictions about potential future pulse energies are made and possible experimental problems are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Quantum Optics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, D-30167Hannover, Germany. siegel@iqo.uni-hannover.de
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Moritz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emons
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schultze
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruehl
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Morgner
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015018:Ytterbium
chemical_list: D015018:Ytterbium