Passively mode-locked $\mathrm{Yb}:\mathrm{K}\mathrm{Lu}{\left(\mathrm{W}{\mathrm{O}}_4\right)}_2$ thin-disk oscillator operated in the positive and negative dispersion regime

Abstract

We demonstrate a passively mode-locked femtosecond $\mathrm{Yb}:\mathrm{K}\mathrm{Lu}{\left(\mathrm{W}{\mathrm{O}}_4\right)}_2$ thin-disk laser oscillator. Chirped-pulse operation in the positive dispersion regime as well as solitary operation have been realized, and the laser performance of both configurations are compared. In the solitary mode-locking regime the output power exceeds $25\mathrm{W}$ in a diffraction-limited beam, and pulse durations as short as $440\mathrm{fs}$ at a $34.7\mathrm{MHz}$ repetition rate have been generated. For the first time we present a chirped-pulse operation of a thin-disk oscillator that yields a maximum average output power of $9.5\mathrm{W}$ with a Fourier limit of $450\mathrm{fs}$.

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