Abstract
In this paper, we present the stability characteristics of a supercontinuum (SC) generated in a 60 mm, 100 mm, and 130 mm long undoped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) crystal pumped by a Yb thin-disk regenerative amplifier. The 1.2 ps pulses with a central wavelength of 1030 nm and repetition rate of 89 kHz are loosely focused (NA = 0.0031) into the crystal in order to prevent laser-induced damage and to increase the energy stability of the generated SC. Out of the tested crystal lengths, the optimal is experimentally determined to be 130 mm. The energy contained in the blueshifted side, which has a 530 nm spectral cutoff, is 71 nJ and exhibits average power stability of 0.4% RMS, which is ${2.5} \times$ better than the stability of the pump beam.
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