Ultrafast ytterbium-doped bulk lasers and laser amplifiers

• DOI: 10.1007/s003400050762
• Publication Date: 2002-08-25T08:19:44Z
• Authors: C. Hönninger; R. Paschotta; M. Graf; F. Morier-Genoud; G. Zhang; M. Moser; S. Biswal; J. Nees; A. Braun; G.A. Mourou; I. Johannsen; A. Giesen; W. Seeber; U. Keller
• Keywords: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/621.3; Electric engineering; LASER AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING); LASERVERSTÄRKER (ELEKTROTECHNIK); Legacy; 42.55; Physics; Science; 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; PACS: 42.60; Mathematics

We review recent achievements with ultrafast bulk lasers and amplifiers based on Yb:YAG and Yb:glass. Spe- cial attention is paid to those aspects of the quasi-three-level nature of these gain media that are 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.