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Ultrafast ytterbium-doped bulk lasers and laser amplifiers

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We review recent achievements with ultrafast bulk lasers and amplifiers based on Yb:YAG and Yb:glass. Special 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.

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  1. Ultrafast Laser Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Hönggerberg - HPT, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland (Fax: +41-1/633-1059, E-mail: paschotta@iqe.phys.ethz.ch), , , , , , CH

    C. Hönninger, R. Paschotta, M. Graf, F. Morier-Genoud, G. Zhang & U. Keller

  2. CSEM Zürich, Badenerstrasse 569, CH-8048 Zürich, Switzerland, , , , , , CH

    M. Moser

  3. Center of Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA, , , , , , US

    S. Biswal, J. Nees, A. Braun & G.A. Mourou

  4. Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 43, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany, , , , , , DE

    I. Johannsen & A. Giesen

  5. Otto-Schott-Institut, Universität Jena, Fraunhoferstr. 6, D-07743 Jena, Germany, , , , , , DE

    W. Seeber

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Received: 4 January 1999 / Revised version: 15 March 1999 / Published online: 26 May 1999

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Hönninger, C., Paschotta, R., Graf, M. et al. Ultrafast ytterbium-doped bulk lasers and laser amplifiers . Appl Phys B 69, 3–17 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050762

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