Abstract
A laser amplifier using two cryogenically cooled materials, Gd3Sc2Al3O12 (GSAG) and YAG, demonstrates tens of millijoule pulse energy at kilohertz repetition rates. The near-diffraction-limited output was compressed to picosecond pulse duration.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
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