A. Rantamäki, J. Lyytikäinen, J. Nikkinen, O. G. Okhotnikov, “Effect of thermal management on the propertiesof saturable absorber mirrors in high-power mode-locked semiconductor disk lasers”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2011, Volume 41, Number 9,Pages <nobr>786

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Control of laser radiation parameters

Effect of thermal management on the propertiesof saturable absorber mirrors in high-power mode-locked semiconductor disk lasers

A. Rantamäki, J. Lyytikäinen, J. Nikkinen, O. G. Okhotnikov

Optoelectronics Research Center, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Abstract: The thermal management of saturable absorbers is shown to have a critical impact on a high-power mode-locked disk laser. The absorber with efficient heat removal makes it possible to generate ultrashort pulses with high repetition rates and high power density.

PACS: 42.55.Px, 42.60.Da, 42.60.Fc

Received: 29.04.2011