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Gaponenko, Maxim

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Gaponenko, Maxim
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  • Publication
    Accès libre
    Sub-100-fs Kerr lens mode-locked Yb:Lu2O3 thin-disk laser oscillator operating at 21 W average power
    Modsching, Norbert 
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    Drs, Jakub 
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    Fischer, Julien
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    Paradis, Clément 
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    Labaye, François
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    Gaponenko, Maxim 
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    Kränkel, Christian
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    Wittwer, Valentin 
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    Südmeyer, Thomas 
    We investigate power-scaling of a Kerr lens mode-locked (KLM) Yb:Lu2O3 thin-disk laser (TDL) oscillator operating in the sub-100-fs pulse duration regime. Employing a scheme with higher round-trip gain by increasing the number of passes through the thin-disk gain element, we increase the average power by a factor of two and the optical-to-optical efficiency by a factor of almost three compared to our previous sub-100-fs mode-locking results. The oscillator generates pulses with a duration of 95 fs at 21.1 W average power and 47.9 MHz repetition rate. We discuss the cavity design for continuous-wave and mode-locked operation and the estimation of the focal length of the Kerr lens. Unlike to usual KLM TDL oscillators, an operation at the edge of the stability zone in continuous-wave operation is not required. This work shows that KLM TDL oscillators based on the gain material Yb:Lu2O3 are an excellent choice for power-scaling of laser oscillators in the sub-100-fs regime, and we expect that such lasers will soon operate at power levels in excess of hundred watts.
  • Publication
    Accès libre
    Extreme ultraviolet light source at a megahertz repetition rate based on high-harmonic generation inside a mode-locked thin-disk laser oscillator
    Labaye, François
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    Gaponenko, Maxim 
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    Wittwer, Valentin 
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    Diebold, A
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    Paradis, Clément 
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    Modsching, Norbert Paul
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    Merceron, Loïc 
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    Emaury, F
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    Graumann, I.J
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    Phillips, C.R
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    Saraceno, C.J
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    Kränkel, C
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    Keller, Ursula
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    Südmeyer, Thomas 
    We demonstrate a compact extreme ultraviolet (XUV) source based on high-harmonic generation (HHG) driven directly inside the cavity of a mode-locked thin-disk laser oscillator. The laser is directly diode-pumped at a power of only 51 W and operates at a wavelength of 1034 nm and a 17.35 MHz repetition rate. We drive HHG in a high-pressure xenon gas jet with an intracavity peak intensity of 2.8×1013  W/cm2 and 320 W of intracavity average power. Despite the high-pressure gas jet, the laser operates at high stability. We detect harmonics up to the 17th order (60.8 nm, 20.4 eV) and estimate a flux of 2.6×108  photons/s for the 11th harmonic (94 nm, 13.2 eV). Due to the power scalability of the thin-disk concept, this class of compact XUV sources has the potential to become a versatile tool for areas such as attosecond science, XUV spectroscopy, and high-resolution imaging.
  • Publication
    Accès libre
    Kerr lens mode-locked Yb:CALGO thin-disk laser
    Modsching, Norbert 
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    Paradis, Clément 
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    Labaye, François
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    Gaponenko, Maxim 
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    Graumann, Ivan J
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    Diebold, Andreas
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    Emaury, Florian
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    Wittwer, Valentin 
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    Südmeyer, Thomas 
    We demonstrate the first Kerr lens mode-locked Yb:CaGdAlO4 (Yb:CALGO) thin-disk laser oscillator. It generates pulses with a duration of 30 fs at a central wavelength of 1048 nm and a repetition rate of 124 MHz. The laser emits the shortest pulses generated by a thin-disk laser oscillator, equal to the shortest pulse duration obtained by Yb-doped bulk oscillators. The average output power is currently limited to 150 mW by the low gain and limited disk quality. We expect that more suitable Yb:CALGO disks will enable substantially higher power levels with similar pulse durations.
  • Publication
    Accès libre
    Ultrafast optical parametric oscillator pumped by a vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL)
    Jornod, Nayara 
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    Wittwer, Valentin 
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    Gaponenko, Maxim 
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    Hoffmann, Martin 
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    Hempler, Nils
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    Malcolm, Graeme P. A
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    Maker, Gareth T
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    Südmeyer, Thomas 
    We report the first optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by a SESAM modelocked vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL). As a nonlinear medium, we use a periodically poled MgO:PPLN crystal. The VECSEL operates at a wavelength of 982 nm and a repetition rate of 198 MHz. The pump radiation is converted to signal and idler wavelengths tunable in the ranges of 1.4-1.8 μm and 2.2-3.5 μm, respectively, simply by a change of the poling period and crystal temperature. The signal pulses have a duration between 2 ps to 4 ps and an average output power up to 100 mW.