1 kW, 200 mJ picosecond thin-disk laser system

T Nubbemeyer, M Kaumanns, M Ueffing, M Gorjan… - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report on a laser system based on thin-disk technology and chirped pulse amplification,
providing output pulse energies of 200 mJ at a 5 kHz repetition rate. The amplifier contains a …

Highly stable, 54mJ Yb-InnoSlab laser platform at 0.5 kW average power

BE Schmidt, A Hage, T Mans, F Légaré, HJ Wörner - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report on the leap of Yb-InnoSlab laser technology towards high pulse energies of 54mJ
combined with high average power exceeding half a kW. The system features pulse …

1 J, 0.5 kHz repetition rate picosecond laser

C Baumgarten, M Pedicone, H Bravo, H Wang, L Yin… - Optics Letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We report the demonstration of a diode-pumped chirped pulse amplification Yb: YAG laser
that produces λ= 1.03 μm pulses of up to 1.5 J energy compressible to sub-5 ps duration at a …

Water-window soft x-ray high-harmonic generation up to the nitrogen K-edge driven by a kHz, 2.1 μm OPCPA source

GJ Stein, PD Keathley, P Krogen, H Liang… - Journal of Physics B …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the generation of coherent water-window soft x-ray harmonics in a neon-filled
semi-infinite gas cell driven by a femtosecond multi-mJ mid-infrared optical parametric …

Laser with 1.2 ps, 20 mJ pulses at 100 Hz based on CPA with a low doping level Yb: YAG rods for seeding and pumping of OPCPA

P Mackonis, AM Rodin - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We report on a picosecond two-stage double-pass chirped pulse amplifier based on a low
doping level Yb: YAG rods. After compression, it provides output pulses with a pulsewidth of …

One-joule 500-Hz cryogenic Yb: YAG laser driver of composite thin-disk design

LE Zapata, M Pergament, M Schust, S Reuter… - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We present results on the development of a cryogenic Yb: YAG multi-pass laser amplifier
based on a composite thin-disk design and demonstrate one-joule, diffraction limited …

Thin-rod Yb: YAG amplifiers for high average and peak power lasers

I Kuznetsov, I Mukhin, O Palashov, KI Ueda - Optics letters, 2018 - opg.optica.org
The concept of a high-power thin-rod Yb: YAG laser amplifier with high-brightness diode
pumping was proposed. The principle of the amplifier parameter variation aimed at …

Scaling diode-pumped, high energy picosecond lasers to kilowatt average powers

BA Reagan, C Baumgarten, E Jankowska… - High Power Laser …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Recent results in the development of diode-driven high energy, high repetition rate,
picosecond lasers, including the demonstration of a cryogenic Yb: YAG active mirror …

Thin disk amplifier-based 40 mJ, 1 kHz, picosecond laser at 515 nm

J Novák, JT Green, T Metzger, T Mazanec, B Himmel… - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We report on a frequency-doubled picosecond Yb: YAG thin disk regenerative amplifier,
developed as a pump laser for a kilohertz repetition rate OPCPA. At a repetition rate of 1 …

Ligand engineering for broadening infrared luminescence of Kramers ytterbium ions in disordered sesquioxides

W Liu, D Lu, S Pan, M Xu, Y Hang, H Yu… - Crystal Growth & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Efficient, high-power ultrafast lasers and their further chirped pulse amplification (CPA) are
important for modern science, which requires the laser medium with high thermal …