Widely tunable pulse durations from a passively mode-locked thin disk Yb:YAG laser

Summary form only given. We have demonstrated a novel configuration of a passively mode-locked high-power thin disk laser, involving two different reflection angles on the thin disk. This allowed us to generate soliton-like pulses in a very wide range of pulse durations. In this way, we have greatly expanded the range of possible applications for this novel laser scheme, which is based on a power-scalable concept and thus promises to soon generate the by far highest average output powers both in the femtosecond and picosecond regime.