Recent progress in thin-disk lasers based on various Yb-doped materials

We will give an overview about the current status of thin-disk laser development in the cw and ultrafast regime (oscillators and amplifiers) with a special emphasis on our group’s activities.

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[11]  Thomas Graf,et al.  1.1 kW average output power from a thin-disk multipass amplifier for ultrashort laser pulses. , 2013, Optics letters.

[12]  Matthias Golling,et al.  275 W average output power from a femtosecond thin disk oscillator operated in a vacuum environment. , 2012, Optics express.

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