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 …

We report a mode-locked Ti: sapphire femtosecond laser emitting 42 fs pulses at a 10 GHz
repetition rate. When operated with a spectrally integrated average power greater than 1 W …

We present two novel semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) designs which can
exhibit more than ten times lower saturation fluence than classical SESAM devices. Design …

We demonstrate an optically pumped passively mode-locked external-cavity semiconductor
laser generating 4.7-ps pulses at 957 nm with as much as 2.1 W of average output power …

We report stable, passive, continuous-wave (CW) mode-locking of a compact diode-pumped
waveguide Nd: YAG laser with a single-layer graphene saturable absorber. The depressed …

Bursts of GHz repetition rate pulses can significantly improve the ablation efficiency of
femtosecond lasers. Depending on the process conditions, thermal mechanisms can be …

We present the detailed growth and characterization of novel GaSb-based semiconductor
saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) operating in the 2–2.4 µm spectral range. These …

We present a high-power gigahertz SESAM modelocked Yb: CALGO laser with sub-60-fs
pulses. The laser delivers an average output power of 2.95 W at a pulse repetition rate of 1.8 …

Passively modelocked diode-pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSLs) with pulse repetition rates
in the gigahertz regime suffer from an increased tendency for Q-switching instabilities. Low …

We present a timing jitter and amplitude noise characterization of a high-power mode-locked
integrated external-cavity surface emitting laser (MIXSEL). In the MIXSEL, the semiconductor …