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 …

Since the beginning of the 1990s, titanium sapphire has become the crystal of choice for the
development of ultrashort laser systems producing very short and powerful pulses using the …

The spectroscopic and laser kinetic properties of the trivalent ytterbium ion in various solid-
state media are reviewed. Contrasts between four-and quasi-three-level lasers (eg, Nd: YAG …

Spectroscopic properties and laser performance of Yb-doped tungstates at pulsed Ti:
sapphire laser pum** are reported. Room-temperature lasing near 1025?? nm is …

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 …

4) 2 single crystals doped with Er 3+ have been grown by the flux top-seeded-solution
growth method. The crystallographic structure of the lattice has been refined, being the …

We demonstrate what is to our knowledge the first mode-locked Yb: KGd (WO_4) _2 laser.
Using a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror for passive mode locking, we obtain …

We demonstrate what is to our knowledge the first passively mode-locked thin-disk Yb:
KYWO_4_2 laser. The laser produces pulses of 240-fs duration with an average power of 22 …

A self-starting Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb: KYWO_4_2 laser directly end pumped by two 1.6-
W diodes is demonstrated for what is to our knowledge the first time. Pulses as short as 71 …

We present our recent achievements in the growing and optical characterization of KYb (WO
4) 2 (hereafter KYbW) crystals and demonstrate laser operation in this stoichiometric …