62-fs Pulses from a SESAM Modelocked Yb:CALGO Thin Disk Laser

We demonstrate a SESAM modelocked thin-disk laser (TDL) based on Yb:CALGO delivering 62 fs pulses with 5 W of average power. To our knowledge, these are the shortest pulses achieved from a modelocked TDL to-date.

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