| abstract |
A laser device (100) for generating laser pulses by Kerr lens-based mode locking, comprising: a laser resonator (10) having a plurality of resonator mirrors (11.1, 11.2, 11.3); a solid-state gain medium (20) arranged in the laser resonator (10); a Kerr dielectric device (30) arranged at a distance from the gain medium (20) in the laser resonator (10), where Kerr The medium device (30) comprises at least one Kerr medium, which is arranged within the focal length of the resonator beam path and forms laser pulses by means of the nonlinear Kerr effect; Capable of modulating the power loss of a laser pulse generated in a laser resonator (10), wherein the Kerr dielectric device (30) comprises a modulator medium of the loss modulation device (31, 32) as at least one Kerr medium whose optical Nonlinearity is suitable for producing Kerr lens-based mode locking in laser resonators and for modulating power loss in laser resonators. Furthermore, a method of laser pulse generation by Kerr lens based mode locking is described, wherein loss modulation means (31, 32) are used to introduce Kerr effects and modulate power losses in the laser resonator (10). |