Directly diode-pumped, Kerr-lens mode-locked, few-cycle Cr:ZnSe oscillator

Nathalie Nagl, Sebastian Gröbmeyer, Vladimir Pervak +3

Lasers based on Cr${}^{2+}$-doped II-VI material, often known as the Ti:Sapphire of the mid-infrared, can directly provide few-cycle pulses with super-octave-spanning spectra, and se…