Diode-pumped femtosecond laser oscillator with cavity dumping

We report on a diode pumped tunable Yb:glass femtosecond laser oscillator with electro-optical cavity dumping. Pulses with energies exceeding 400 nJ and peak powers of above 1MW were generated at repetition frequencies as high as 200kHz. This laser forms a compact light source for various scientific and industrial applications like micromachining.

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