Frontiers in Physics (Nov 2022)

High-power 55-fs Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator at 200 MHz repetition rate

  • Heyan Liu,
  • Tingting Yang,
  • Jia Xu,
  • Qing Wang,
  • Hongwen Xuan,
  • Jinwei Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.1070826
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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High-repetition-rate ultrafast laser oscillators with high average power and short pulse duration provide excellent sources for generating optical frequency combs. Here we report a Kerr-lens mode locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator delivering 203-MHz pulses at an average power of 9.4 W. A single additional nonlinear plate was inserted inside the cavity to enhance the Kerr lens effect, which leads to a substantial broadening of the mode-locked spectrum. The resultant pulse duration is 55 fs. The demonstrated oscillator combines a high repetition rate, a high average power and short pulse duration within one resonator, offering an ideal prerequisite for the optical-frequency metrology and frequency-comb spectroscopy with high signal-to-noise ratio.

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