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 …

After a brief examination of known insulating laser crystals and the stimulated emission
channels of their generating activator ions, this article reviews recent advances in the …

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 …

The advent of chirped-pulse amplification in the 1980s and femtosecond Ti: sapphire lasers
in the 1990s enabled transformative advances in intense laser–matter interaction physics …

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 …

The experimental demonstration of a diode-pumped passively mode-locked femtosecond
laser based on an Yb^ 3+: CaGdAlO_4 single crystal is reported. The oscillator is directly …

We present the spectroscopic properties and room temperature of a cw tunable laser
operation with Yb 3+ doped CaF 2 single crystals grown in our laboratory. A laser slope …

We report what is believed to be the first demonstration of a high-power passively mode-
locked diode-pumped femtosecond laser based on an Yb^ 3+: CaF_2 single crystal, directly …

Abstract Lanthanide ions (Ln 3+) doped disordered crystals, which exhibit excellent
downshifting/upconversion luminescent properties, are widely used in a variety of optical …

We report here on the efficient laser action of a new Yb-doped crystal Yb 3+: Lu 2 SiO 5 (Yb:
LSO) under high power diode-pum** (15 W). Its performances were compared to another …