SESAMs for High-Power Oscillators: Design Guidelines and Damage Thresholds

Saraceno, Clara J.; Schriber, Cinia; Mangold, M.; Hoffmann, Martin; Heckl, Oliver H.; Baer, C. R. E.; Golling, Matthias; Südmeyer, Thomas; Keller, U.

doi:10.1109/jstqe.2010.2092753

Cited by 134 publications

(104 citation statements)

References 40 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Therefore, this geometry should allow for high-power sub-100 fs pulse generation. Current improvements on SESAM design [25] and the crystal growth technology will probably lead to even shorter pulses at even higher powers in the near future thanks to an increased quality of the disks and SESAMS.…”

Section: Laser Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Yb-doped mixed sesquioxides for ultrashort pulse generation in the thin disk laser setup

Beil¹,

Saraceno

Schriber

et al. 2013

Appl. Phys. B

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: Laser Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Yb-doped mixed sesquioxides for ultrashort pulse generation in the thin disk laser setup

Beil¹,

Saraceno

Schriber

et al. 2013

Appl. Phys. B

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…These modes are eigenmodes of the operator L that we defined in Eqs. (11) and (19). The contribution of the wake modes to the fluctuating power is given…”

Section: Our Basic Equations and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The typical design parameters of the saturable absorbers are the non-saturable loss, the modulation depth, and the response time. When designing a saturable absorber, it is necessary to demonstrate that the absorber can handle high optical powers, short pulse durations, and a wide range of wavelength [19,20]. Kutz et al [21] studied lasers that are locked using a SESAM and compared the results of a full model to both an averaged model and experiments.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spectral Methods for Determining the Stability and Noise Performance of Passively Modelocked Lasers

Menyuk

Wang

2016

Nanophotonics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract:We describe spectral or dynamical methods that can be used to determine the stability and noise performance of modelocked lasers. We first review methods that have been used to date to theoretically and computationally study passively modelocked lasers, contrasting evolutionary and dynamical approaches and their application to full, averaged, and reduced models. We then develop the spectral methods and show how they can be used to determine the stability and to calculate the timing jitter and power spectral density for any averaged model with any equilibrium pulse shape. We review work that has been done on soliton lasers using soliton perturbation theory from this dynamical perspective, and we contrast the simplicity and generality of our methods to prior work. We close with a discussion of how to extend our approach from averaged models to full models.

show abstract

“…As a result of a detailed investigation, simple guidelines to design robust SESAMs with high-damage thresholds and optimized parameters for operation at extreme intracavity conditions were recently developed [19]. This is a crucial point for future kilowatt-level oscillators.…”

Section: Average Power Scaling Of Modelocked Thin-disk Lasers: Challementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another key element to achieve this latest step in power scaling was the availability of SESAMs with high-damage threshold and parameters suitable for high-power operation. A recent investigation, which targeted to specifically explore damage behavior of SESAMs for such high-power oscillators [19], enabled the fabrication of such robust samples. We will review the guidelines developed in this recent study and discuss future improvements.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cutting-Edge High-Power Ultrafast Thin Disk Oscillators

et al. 2013

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A growing number of applications in science and industry are currently pushing the development of ultrafast laser technologies that enable high average powers. SESAM modelocked thin disk lasers (TDLs) currently achieve higher pulse energies and average powers than any other ultrafast oscillator technology, making them excellent candidates in this goal. Recently, 275 W of average power with a pulse duration of 583 fs were demonstrated, which represents the highest average power so far demonstrated from an ultrafast oscillator. In terms of pulse energy, TDLs reach more than 40 μJ pulses directly from the oscillator. In addition, another major milestone was recently achieved, with the demonstration of a TDL with nearly bandwidth-limited 96-fs long pulses. The progress achieved in terms of pulse duration of such sources enabled the first measurement of the carrier-envelope offset frequency of a modelocked TDL, which is the first key step towards full stabilization of such a source. We will present the key elements that enabled these latest results, as well as an outlook towards the next scaling steps in average power, pulse OPEN ACCESSAppl. Sci. 2013, 3 356 energy and pulse duration of such sources. These cutting-edge sources will enable exciting new applications, and open the door to further extending the current performance milestones.

show abstract

SESAMs for High-Power Oscillators: Design Guidelines and Damage Thresholds

Cited by 134 publications

References 40 publications

Yb-doped mixed sesquioxides for ultrashort pulse generation in the thin disk laser setup

Yb-doped mixed sesquioxides for ultrashort pulse generation in the thin disk laser setup

Spectral Methods for Determining the Stability and Noise Performance of Passively Modelocked Lasers

Cutting-Edge High-Power Ultrafast Thin Disk Oscillators

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About