High-power femtosecond Yb:YAG laser based on a power-scalable concept

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Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 52-54

  Spuhler, G J ^a   Der Au, J Aus ^a   Paschotta, R ^a   Keller, U ^a   Moser, M ^b   Erhard, S ^c   Karszewski, M ^c   Giesen, A ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CSEM   (Switzerland)

^c Universittit Stuttgart   (Germany)

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