A 1.78 µJ and 285fs Yb:CaF2 SESAM-modelocked thin-disk oscillator
B. Dannecker, M. Ahmed, and T. Graf. Laser Sources and Applications III, 9893, page 98930P. International Society for Optics and Photonics, (2016)
Abstract
We present a SESAM-modelocked Yb:CaF2 thin-disk laser designed for pulse durations below 300 fs and high peak powers of more than 5 MW. A cavity for fundamental mode operation (beam quality factor M2 below 1.2) was set up and modelocked using a SESAM. An average output power of up to 17.8 W was obtained at a repetition-rate of 10 MHz, corresponding to a pulse energy of approximately 1.8 µJ. The pulse duration was measured to be 285 fs, therefore a peak power of 5.5 MW was attained. Our research enables a comparison of the potential of Yb:CaF2 with other Yb-doped crystals with broad gain bandwidth in thin-disk laser technology. We conclude from our results that this gain material is very promising for high pulse energies and high peak powers.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 dannecker2016YbCaF2
%A Dannecker, Benjamin
%A Ahmed, Marwan Abdou
%A Graf, Thomas
%B Laser Sources and Applications III
%D 2016
%K Diodepumped Laser Modelocked SemiconductorModelocked SolidstateLaser ThindiskLaser YbCaF from:b.dannecker myown
%P 98930P
%T A 1.78 µJ and 285fs Yb:CaF2 SESAM-modelocked thin-disk oscillator
%V 9893
%X We present a SESAM-modelocked Yb:CaF2 thin-disk laser designed for pulse durations below 300 fs and high peak powers of more than 5 MW. A cavity for fundamental mode operation (beam quality factor M2 below 1.2) was set up and modelocked using a SESAM. An average output power of up to 17.8 W was obtained at a repetition-rate of 10 MHz, corresponding to a pulse energy of approximately 1.8 µJ. The pulse duration was measured to be 285 fs, therefore a peak power of 5.5 MW was attained. Our research enables a comparison of the potential of Yb:CaF2 with other Yb-doped crystals with broad gain bandwidth in thin-disk laser technology. We conclude from our results that this gain material is very promising for high pulse energies and high peak powers.
@inproceedings{dannecker2016YbCaF2,
abstract = {We present a SESAM-modelocked Yb:CaF2 thin-disk laser designed for pulse durations below 300 fs and high peak powers of more than 5 MW. A cavity for fundamental mode operation (beam quality factor M2 below 1.2) was set up and modelocked using a SESAM. An average output power of up to 17.8 W was obtained at a repetition-rate of 10 MHz, corresponding to a pulse energy of approximately 1.8 µJ. The pulse duration was measured to be 285 fs, therefore a peak power of 5.5 MW was attained. Our research enables a comparison of the potential of Yb:CaF2 with other Yb-doped crystals with broad gain bandwidth in thin-disk laser technology. We conclude from our results that this gain material is very promising for high pulse energies and high peak powers.},
added-at = {2018-03-23T08:50:22.000+0100},
author = {Dannecker, Benjamin and Ahmed, Marwan Abdou and Graf, Thomas},
biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2fea39cd2db9d93ba39b7636c4994fb62/ifsw},
booktitle = {Laser Sources and Applications III},
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keywords = {Diodepumped Laser Modelocked SemiconductorModelocked SolidstateLaser ThindiskLaser YbCaF from:b.dannecker myown},
organization = {International Society for Optics and Photonics},
pages = {98930P},
timestamp = {2018-04-20T09:31:09.000+0200},
title = {A 1.78 µJ and 285fs Yb:CaF2 SESAM-modelocked thin-disk oscillator},
volume = 9893,
year = 2016
}
