Ultrafast ytterbium-doped bulk lasers and laser amplifiers

Authors
Honninger, C Paschotta, R Graf, M Morier-Genoud, F Zhang, G Moser, M Biswal, S Nees, J Braun, A Mourou, GA Johannsen, I Giesen, A Seeber, W Keller, U
Citation
C. Honninger et al., Ultrafast ytterbium-doped bulk lasers and laser amplifiers, APP PHYS B, 69(1), 1999, pp. 3-17
Citations number
79
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS
ISSN journal
09462171 → ACNP
Volume
69
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(199907)69:1<3:UYBLAL>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We review recent achievements with ultrafast bulk lasers and amplifiers bas ed an Yb:YAG and Yb:glass. Special attention is paid to those aspects of th e quasi-three-level nature of these gain media that an important for short- pulse generation. The potential of Yb-doped media for efficient short-pulse generation and amplification is compared to their Nd-doped counterparts.