U. Bünting
H. Sayinc
D. Wandt
U. Morgner
J. Neumann
D. Kracht

Regenerative Yb:KLuW Thin Disk Amplifier

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO®/Europe-EQEC)
14.-19. Juni
München
2009
Type: Konferenzbeitrag
Abstract
In this paper, we present Yb:KLuW thin disk regenerative amplifier. Due to the relatively low astigmatic convex curvature of 7 m by 22 m of the thin disk we have been able to realize three foldings without mode compensating effort. A maximum pulse energy of 102 µJ after compression was extracted. At a repetition rate of 20 kHz we achieved a pulse duration of 255 fs what is about 7\% over the Fourier limit.