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20 mJ, 1 ps Yb:YAG Thin-disk Regenerative Amplifier
Published on: July 12, 2017
Multilayer polarizing grating mirror used for the generation of radial polarization in Yb:YAG thin-disk lasers
Marwan Abdou Ahmed1, Andreas Voss, Moritz M Vogel
1Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge (IFSW), Pfaffenwaldring 43, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany. abdou.ahmed@ifsw.uni-stuttgart.de
Optics Letters
|November 21, 2007
Abstract:
The design, fabrication and characterization of a multilayer polarizing grating mirror developed for an Yb:YAG thin-disk laser resonator are reported. The potential of the proposed solution is discussed together with the first demonstration of a radially polarized Yb:YAG thin-disk laser.

