On Yb:CaF_2 and Yb:SrF_2: review of spectroscopic and thermal properties and their impact on femtosecond and high power laser performance [Invited]

New Materials for Short-Pulse Amplifiers

(2012) Frédéric Druon et al.   IEEE Photonics Journal

Hollow-fiber compression of 6 mJ pulses from a continuous-wave diode-pumped single-stage Yb,Na:CaF_2 chirped pulse amplifier

(2011) G. Andriukaitis et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

High-power diode-pumped cryogenically cooled Yb:CaF_2 laser with extremely low quantum defect

(2011) S. Ricaud et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Direct amplification of ultrashort pulses in μ-pulling-down Yb:YAG single crystal fibers

(2011) Yoann Zaouter et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Power scaling of cryogenic Yb:LiYF_4 lasers

(2010) Luis E. Zapata et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Highly efficient, high-power, broadly tunable, cryogenically cooled and diode-pumped Yb:CaF_2

(2010) S. Ricaud et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Short-pulse and high-repetition-rate diode-pumped Yb:CaF_2 regenerative amplifier

(2010) Sandrine Ricaud et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Compact diode-pumped 11 kW Yb:YAG Innoslab femtosecond amplifier

(2010) P. Russbueldt et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Spectroscopy and lasing of cryogenically cooled Yb, Na:CaF2

(2009) A. Pugžlys et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS

High-power ultrafast thin disk laser oscillators and their potential for sub-100-femtosecond pulse generation

(2009) T. Südmeyer et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS

Yb:CaF2 — a new old laser crystal

(2009) M. Siebold et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS

Yb3+ doped (Ca,Sr,Ba)F2 for high power laser applications

(2009) J. L. Doualan et al.   LASER PHYSICS

Regenerative thin disk amplifier with combined gain spectra producing 500 µJ sub 200 fs pulses

(2009) Udo Buenting et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Mode-locked operation of a diode-pumped femtosecond Yb:SrF_2 laser

(2009) F. Druon et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Diode-pumped 99 fs Yb:CaF_2 oscillator

(2009) F. Friebel et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Multi-mJ, 200-fs, cw-pumped, cryogenically cooled, Yb,Na:CaF_2 amplifier

(2009) A. Pugžlys et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Low-repetition-rate femtosecond operation in extended-cavity mode-locked Yb:CALGO laser

(2009) D. N. Papadopoulos et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Thermal conductivity of single crystals of Ca1 − x Yb x F2 + x solid solutions

(2008) P. A. Popov et al.   DOKLADY PHYSICS

Synthesis and optical characterizations of Yb-doped CaF2 ceramics

(2008) P. Aubry et al.   OPTICAL MATERIALS

Subpicosecond thin-disk laser oscillator with pulse energies of up to 259 microjoules by use of an active multipass geometry

(2008) Joerg Neuhaus et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Thermal behaviour of ytterbium-doped fluorite crystals under high power pumping

(2008) J. Boudeile et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Efficient laser based on CaF_2-SrF_2-YbF_3 nanoceramics

(2008) T. T. Basiev et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Terawatt diode-pumped Yb:CaF_2 laser

(2008) Mathias Siebold et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Spectroscopy ofYb3+:CaF2: From isolated centers to clusters

(2008) V. Petit et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B