Abstract: A method for generating output laser pulses from input laser pulses includes causing the input laser pulses to temporally successively pass through an optical component with temperature-dependent power efficiency. The optical component is heated by the passing of the input laser pulses. The input laser pulses emerge from the optical component as output laser pulses. The method further includes calculating a current temperature or a current temperature difference of the optical component, or a temperature-dependent current parameter based on all preceding input laser pulses or output laser pulses that have contributed to the heating of the optical component, and setting a power of a current input laser pulse based on the calculated current temperature, or the calculated current temperature difference, or the calculated current parameter, so that an associated output laser pulse has a pulse energy that deviates from a predefined pulse energy by less than 5%.

Abstract: An apparatus for spectral broadening of laser pulses includes a main body, a plurality of mirror elements fastened to the main body, each having a mirror surface formed thereon and configured to reflect the laser pulses the plurality of mirror elements being fastened to a main body, and at least one nonlinear optical medium for the passage of the laser pulses for the generation of a nonlinear phase (?NL) by self-phase modulation. The at least one nonlinear optical medium may be a sheet-like and disk-shaped solid-state optical medium and/or a gaseous optical medium.

Abstract: A method for generating output laser pulses from input laser pulses includes causing the input laser pulses to temporally successively pass through an optical component with temperature-dependent power efficiency. The optical component is heated by the passing of the input laser pulses. The input laser pulses emerge from the optical component as output laser pulses. The method further includes calculating a current temperature or a current temperature difference of the optical component, or a temperature-dependent current parameter based on all preceding input laser pulses or output laser pulses that have contributed to the heating of the optical component, and setting a power of a current input laser pulse based on the calculated current temperature, or the calculated current temperature difference, or the calculated current parameter, so that an associated output laser pulse has a pulse energy that deviates from a predefined pulse energy by less than 5%.

Abstract: A laser system for nonlinear pulse compression includes a laser source configured to generate laser pulses with a pulse energy of at least 50 mJ, a spectral broadening device for spectrally broadening the high-energy laser pulses using self-phase modulation, and a compression device including a grating compressor having at least two diffraction gratings and configured to compress the spectrally broadened high-energy laser pulses. The laser system is configured to generate a pulse duration of the high-energy laser pulses of less than 100 fs.

Abstract: An apparatus for spectral broadening of laser pulses includes a main body, a plurality of mirror elements fastened to the main body, each having a mirror surface formed thereon and configured to reflect the laser pulses the plurality of mirror elements being fastened to a main body, and at least one nonlinear optical medium for the passage of the laser pulses for the generation of a nonlinear phase (?NL) by self-phase modulation. The at least one nonlinear optical medium may be a sheet-like and disk-shaped solid-state optical medium and/or a gaseous optical medium.

Abstract: A laser device (100), being configured for generating laser pulses by Ken lens based mode locking, comprises a laser resonator (10) with a plurality of resonator mirrors (11.1, 11.2, 11.

Abstract: A multiple frequency comb source apparatus (100) for simultaneously creating a first laser pulse sequence representing a first frequency comb (1) and at least one further laser pulse sequence representing at least one further frequency comb (2), wherein at least two of the first and at least one further pulse sequences have different repetition frequencies, comprises a laser resonator device (10) comprising multiple resonator mirrors including first end mirrors EM1,OC1 providing a first laser resonator (11), a laser gain medium (21, 22) being arranged in the laser resonator device (10), and a pump device (30) being arranged for pumping the laser gain medium (21), wherein the laser resonator device (10) is configured for creating the first and at least one further laser pulse sequences by pumping and passively mode-locking the laser gain medium (21), the resonator minors of the laser resonator device (10) include further end minors EM2, OC2 providing at least one further laser resonator (12), the first laser r

Abstract: A laser device (100), being configured for generating laser pulses by Ken lens based mode locking, comprises a laser resonator (10) with a plurality of resonator mirrors (11.1, 11.2, 11.

Abstract: A pulse laser apparatus (100) for creating laser pulses (1), in particular soliton laser pulses (1), based on Kerr lens mode locking of a circulating light field in an oscillator cavity (10), comprises at least two resonator mirrors (11, 12, . . .

Abstract: A pulse laser apparatus (100) for creating laser pulses (1), in particular soliton laser pulses (1), based on Kerr lens mode locking of a circulating light field in an oscillator cavity (10), comprises at least two resonator mirrors (11, 12, . . .

Abstract: A method of generating fs laser pulses (1), includes steps of creating a circulating light field in a resonator cavity (10) with multiple resonator mirrors (11-18) by pumping at least one gain medium (21, 22) included in the resonator cavity (10), and passing the circulating light field through a first Kerr medium (31) included in the resonator cavity (10), so that the fs laser pulses (1) are formed by self-amplitude modulation of the circulating light field, wherein the resonator cavity (10) includes at least one supplementary Kerr medium (32-36) enhancing the self-amplitude modulation of the circulating light field, and each of the first Kerr medium (31) and the at least one supplementary Kerr medium (32-36) provide different non-linear Kerr lens contributions to the self-amplitude modulation of the circulating light field. Laser pulse source apparatus (100) for generating fs laser pulses (1) is also described.

Abstract: A method of generating fs laser pulses (1), includes steps of creating a circulating light field in a resonator cavity (10) with multiple resonator mirrors (11-18) by pumping at least one gain medium (21, 22) included in the resonator cavity (10), and passing the circulating light field through a first Kerr medium (31) included in the resonator cavity (10), so that the fs laser pulses (1) are formed by self-amplitude modulation of the circulating light field, wherein the resonator cavity (10) includes at least one supplementary Kerr medium (32-36) enhancing the self-amplitude modulation of the circulating light field, and each of the first Kerr medium (31) and the at least one supplementary Kerr medium (32-36) provide different non-linear Kerr lens contributions to the self-amplitude modulation of the circulating light field. Laser pulse source apparatus (100) for generating fs laser pulses (1) is also described.

Abstract: A laser device (100), configured for generating laser pulses, has a laser resonator (10) with a gain disk medium (11) and a Kerr medium (12). The laser resonator (10) includes a first mode shaping section (13) which is adapted for shaping a circulating electric field coupled into the gain disk medium (11), and a second mode shaping section (14), which is adapted for shaping the circulating electric field coupled into the Kerr medium (12) independently of the electric field shaping in the first mode shaping section (13). Furthermore, a method of generating laser pulses (1) using a laser resonator (10) with a gain disk medium (11) and a Kerr medium (12) is described.

Abstract: A method of controlling output pulses of a pulse laser device (100) including thin-disk laser medium (10), in particular controlling a carrier-envelope phase and/or an intensity noise of the output pulses, includes pumping thin-disk laser medium (10) of pulse laser device (100) with multiple pump laser diodes (21, 22, 23), having at least one modulated laser diode (21, 22) powered by current source (31, 32) with modulation capability, and controlling the output pulses by modulating the output power of the at least one modulated laser diode (21, 22), which is modulated by controlling a drive current thereof, wherein the pump laser diodes further include at least one stable laser diode (23), having constant output power, and the output power of the at least one modulated laser diode (21, 22) is smaller than the whole output power of the stable laser diode(s) (23). A pulse laser device (100) is also described.

Abstract: A method of controlling output pulses of a pulse laser device (100) including thin-disk laser medium (10), in particular controlling a carrier-envelope phase and/or an intensity noise of the output pulses, includes pumping thin-disk laser medium (10) of pulse laser device (100) with multiple pump laser diodes (21, 22, 23), having at least one modulated laser diode (21, 22) powered by current source (31, 32) with modulation capability, and controlling the output pulses by modulating the output power of the at least one modulated laser diode (21, 22), which is modulated by controlling a drive current thereof, wherein the pump laser diodes further include at least one stable laser diode (23), having constant output power, and the output power of the at least one modulated laser diode (21, 22) is smaller than the whole output power of the stable laser diode(s) (23). A pulse laser device (100) is also described.

Abstract: A laser device (100), configured for generating laser pulses, has a laser resonator (10) with a gain disk medium (11) and a Kerr medium (12). The laser resonator (10) includes a first mode shaping section (13) which is adapted for shaping a circulating electric field coupled into the gain disk medium (11), and a second mode shaping section (14), which is adapted for shaping the circulating electric field coupled into the Kerr medium (12) independently of the electric field shaping in the first mode shaping section (13). Furthermore, a method of generating laser pulses (1) using a laser resonator (10) with a gain disk medium (11) and a Kerr medium (12) is described.