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20 mJ, 1 ps Yb:YAG Thin-disk Regenerative Amplifier
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Ultrafast double-slab regenerative amplifier with combined gain spectra and intracavity dispersion compensation
A Buettner1, U Buenting, D Wandt
1Laser Zentrum Hannover eV, Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany. a.buettner@lzh.de
Optics Express
|October 14, 2010
Abstract:
We report on a diode-pumped double-slab Yb:KYW regenerative amplifier with combined gain spectra and intracavity dispersion compensation. At repetition rates > 20 kHz an average power of up to 5 W after compression was generated, resulting in a maximum pulse energy of 250 µJ. Pulse durations of around 190 fs were achieved by using a GRISM compressor with a transmission efficiency of 90%.
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