Abstract
Novel amplifier systems and laser oscillators generating short pulses and high pulse energies are required in numerous applications, not least in material processing. Currently there are significant efforts to develop such systems [1]. Among other Ytterbium-doped laser gain materials, Yb:CaF2 is an interesting candidate for high-power cw and passively mode-locked operation for the generation of short pulses because it combines a very broad emission spectrum with a high undoped thermal conductivity (~ 9.7 W/(mK)) [2]. The proof-of principle in ultrafast laser operation was already shown with a bulk crystal by demonstrating pulses shorter than 100 fs in a SESAM passively mode-locked laser system [3]. In the present contribution we report on the first investigation of a Yb:CaF2 thin-disk laser as this concept is ideally suited for power scaling of ultrafast lasers [4].
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