Abstract
SESAM modelocked oscillators are interesting for applications in strong-field physics such as high-harmonic generation and attosecond science at high repetition rates or frequency combs in the ultraviolet. Here we present a SESAM modelocked ultrafast thin-disk laser oscillator providing 550W of average output power with 852fs pulses at 5.5MHz repetition rate. To reach this significant power scaling, a replicating cavity design for modelocked oscillators is utilized. The oscillator delivers 103 MW of peak power with a pulse energy of 100 µJ at a beam quality of M2<1.2, with a high optical-to-optical efficiency of 35%. The advances in SESAM design and manufacturing that enabled this result are discussed, as well as practical challenges when scaling oscillators to the kW-class. When combined with established pulse compression technologies, this oscillator can enable simpler systems by avoiding the complexity of chirped pulse amplifier chains. Additionally, high power oscillators support a much lower noise floor due to the reduced influence of shot noise, which may provide a route to more sensitive pump-probe measurements.
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