Shortest pulse duration of mode-locked thin disk lasers: Ultrafast Yb:LuScO3 laser generates 227-fs pulses

2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Krankel C ^a   Baer, C R E ^a   Heckl, O H ^a   Golling, M ^a   Sudmeyer T ^a   Keller, U ^a   Peters, R ^b   Petermann, K ^b   Huber, G ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; FS PULSE; MODE-LOCKED; PULSE DURATIONS; THIN-DISK LASERS; ULTRA-FAST;

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ELECTRON OPTICS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 71049127316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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