title: High power cw and mode-locked oscillators based on Yb:KYW multi-crystal resonators.
abstract: We report on a high power diode-pumped laser using multiple bulk Yb:KY(WO(4))(2) (KYW) crystals in a resonator optimised for this operation. From a dual-crystal resonator we obtain more than 24 W of cw-power in a TEM(00) mode limited by the available pump power. We also present results for semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) mode-locking in the soliton as well as positive dispersion regime with average output powers of 14.6 W and 17 W respectively.
authors: High Q Laser Production GmbH, Kaestle-Areal, Hohenems, Austria.
authors: A-L
authors: AL
authors: Calendron
authors: K S
authors: KS
authors: Wentsch
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Lederer
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D007909:Lenses; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers