For his groundbreaking work in developing one of the world's most powerful ultrafast fiber lasers, achieving 10.4 kW of average power. His innovations in pulse compression and oscillator stabilization promise significant advancements in nanotechnology, biomedical research and environmental monitoring.

We present the highest average power from a single-cycle THz source demonstrated so far, using the tilted pulse front geometry in cryogenically cooled lithium niobate, pumped by a 500 W ultrafast thin-disk amplifier. This source is thus ideally suited for nonlinear THz spectroscopy experiments with significantly reduced measurement times.

We explore THz generation using a microstructured large area THz emitter (LAE) with a home-built high-power thin-disk oscillator, frequency doubled to green. The LAE excitation power reaches up to 18 W. We systematically study the limiting factors for THz conversion efficiency in this high repetition rate (91 MHz) and high average power regime.