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Modelocking of a Thin-Disk Laser with the Frequency-Doubling Nonlinear-Mirror Technique Vol. 25, No. 19 | 18 Sep 2017 | OPTICS EXPRESS 23254 Modelocking of a thin-disk laser with the frequency-doubling nonlinear-mirror technique * F. SALTARELLI, A. DIEBOLD, I. J. GRAUMANN, C. R. PHILLIPS, AND U. KELLER Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland *[email protected] Abstract: We demonstrate a frequency-doubling nonlinear-mirror (NLM) modelocked thin- disk laser. This modelocking technique, composed of an intracavity second harmonic crystal in combination with a dichroic output coupler, offers robust operation decoupled from cavity stability (as in semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) modelocking) combined with an ultrafast saturable loss and high modulation depth (as in Kerr-lens modelocking (KLM)). With our NLM diode-pumped Yb:YAG thin-disk laser we achieve 21 W of average power at 323-fs pulse duration, which is an order of magnitude shorter than the previously obtained duration with the same technique in bulk lasers. Using these first results, we present a theoretical model for the NLM technique, which accurately predicts its loss modulation properties and the shortest achievable pulse duration without relying on any fitting parameters. Based on this simulation, we expect that the NLM technique will enable thin-disk lasers with average power of more than 100 W, with potentially sub-200 fs pulses. This could potentially solve the pulse duration limitations with SESAM modelocked Yb:YAG thin-disk lasers without imposing strong cavity stability constraints such as in KLM. © 2017 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (140.0140) Lasers and laser optics; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics. References and links 1. A. 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