Picosecond laser with 400W average power and 1mJ pulse energy

To scale the power of picosecond laser an oscillator and amplifier system has been developed. The amplifier consists of preamplifier and end amplifier. Both amplifiers are based on INNOSLAB amplifier. With the oscillator/amplifier system higher than 400W average power and max pulse energy of 1mJ was obtained. In this paper the design and the results will be presented and discussed.

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