• DocumentCode
    520271
  • Title

    Power scaling of an Yb∶YCOB thin disk laser to 101 W cw and initial modelocking experiments

  • Author

    Heckl, O.H. ; Kränkel, C. ; Baer, C.R.E. ; Saraceno, C.J. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Petermann, K. ; Huber, G. ; Keller, U.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The >25-nm broad emission bandwidth of Yb:YCOB is highly attractive for femtosecond lasers. We confirm its suitability for high-power thin disk operation by cw-multimode power scaling to 100 W and present intial low-power modelocking results.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; solid lasers; ytterbium; YBCO:Yb; broad emission bandwidth; femtosecond lasers; modelocking experiments; power 101 W; power scaling; thin disk laser; Bandwidth; Laser modes; Optical materials; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Thermal conductivity; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499840