Title :
Energies above 30 μJ and average power beyond 100 W directly from a mode-locked thin-disk oscillator
Author :
Bauer, Dominik ; Wagenblast, Philipp ; Schättiger, Farina ; Kleinbauer, Jochen ; Sutter, Dirk H. ; Killi, Alexander ; Dekorsy, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Center of Appl. Photonics, Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate the generation of pulses containing more than 30 μJ of energy with a pulse length of 1040 fs directly out of a thin-disk laser in ambient atmosphere. The laser oscillator was operated at 3.5 MHz repetition rate and 108 W of average output power.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; oscillators; frequency 3.5 MHz; laser oscillator; laser output power; laser pulse generation; laser pulse length; mode-locked thin-disk oscillator; power 108 W; pulse repetition rate; thin-disk laser; time 1040 fs; Laser mode locking; Optical resonators; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4