Continuous-wave and modelocked Yb:YCOB thin disk laser: First demonstration and future prospects

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 19201-19208

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

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVE POWER; YTTERBIUM;

AVERAGE POWER; BROAD EMISSION BANDWIDTH; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CONTINUOUS-WAVE POWER; FEMTOSECOND PULSE; FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; FUTURE PROSPECTS; HIGH-POWER OPERATION; MODE-LOCKED; MODELOCKING; MULTIMODE OPERATIONS; OPTICAL-TO-OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PULSE DURATIONS; THERMAL LIMITATIONS; THIN DISK; THIN-DISK LASERS; TRANSVERSE MODE;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 77956360685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.019201     Document Type: Article

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