A review of theoretical and experimental studies of thermal effects in solid-state lasers is
presented, with a special focus on diode-pumped ytterbium-doped materials. A large part of …

Ultrafast laser oscillators have become ubiquitous in science and technology. For many
years, however, their pulse energy has been limited to the nanojoule regime. Applications …

Quasi-three-level solid-state lasers using trivalent rare earth ions are efficient sources in the
near-and mid-infrared spectral regions. Their unique properties arise from special energy …

This graduate-level textbook starts with Maxwell's equations. If the reader finds this
reasonable, this book should be helpful. Focusing on ultrafast solid-state laser oscillators …

We report on the generation of linearly chirped parabolic pulses with 17-W average power at
75 MHz repetition rate and diffraction-limited beam quality in a large-mode-area ytterbium …

We demonstrate a passively mode-locked diode-pumped thin-disk Yb: YAG laser generating
810-fs pulses at 1030 nm with as much as 60 W of average output power (without using an …

Ultrafast thin disk laser oscillators achieve the highest average output powers and pulse
energies of any mode-locked laser oscillator technology. The thin disk concept avoids …

Thin‐disk lasers (TDLs) are best known for their high‐power continuous‐wave industrial
applications. Nonetheless, the thin‐disk geometry is also highly attractive for ultrafast laser …

We report on an ytterbium-doped photonic-crystal-fiber–based chirped-pulse amplification
system delivering 131? W average power 220? fs pulses at 1040? nm center wavelength in …

Using a container-integrated mobile femtosecond terawatt laser system with integrated
detection unit (Teramobile), we have demonstrated remote laser-induced breakdown …