Pulse energies exceeding 20μJ directly from a subpicosecond Yb: YAG oscillator by use of active angular multiplexing

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  Neuhaus, Joerg ^a,b   Bauer, Dominik ^a,b   Kleinbauer, Jochen ^b   Killi, Alexander ^b   Weiler, Sascha ^b   Sutter, Dirk H ^b   Dekorsy, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b TRUMPF LASER UND SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

ANGULAR MULTIPLEXING; AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; PULSE ENERGIES; REPETITION RATE; SUBPICOSECOND; THIN DISK;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 84894402382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2009.mc1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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