The performance of ultrafast semiconductor disk lasers has rapidly advanced in recent decades.The strong interest from industry for inexpensive,compact,and reliable ultrafast laser sources in the picosecond and femtos...The performance of ultrafast semiconductor disk lasers has rapidly advanced in recent decades.The strong interest from industry for inexpensive,compact,and reliable ultrafast laser sources in the picosecond and femtosecond domains has driven this technology toward commercial products.Frequency metrology and biomedical applications would benefit from sub-200-femtosecond pulse durations with peak powers in the kilowatt range.The aim of this review is to briefly describe the market potential and give an overview of the current status of mode-locked semiconductor disk lasers.Particular focus is placed on the ongoing efforts to achieve shorter pulses with higher peak powers.展开更多
基金The authors acknowledge support of the technology and cleanroom facility FIRST of ETH Zurich for advanced micro-and nanotechnologyThis work was financed by the Swiss Confederation Program Nano-Tera.ch,which was scientifically evaluated by the Swiss National Science Foundation(SNSF).
文摘The performance of ultrafast semiconductor disk lasers has rapidly advanced in recent decades.The strong interest from industry for inexpensive,compact,and reliable ultrafast laser sources in the picosecond and femtosecond domains has driven this technology toward commercial products.Frequency metrology and biomedical applications would benefit from sub-200-femtosecond pulse durations with peak powers in the kilowatt range.The aim of this review is to briefly describe the market potential and give an overview of the current status of mode-locked semiconductor disk lasers.Particular focus is placed on the ongoing efforts to achieve shorter pulses with higher peak powers.
