330 mJ single-frequency Ho:YLF slab amplifier.
- 20 March 2013
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 38 (7), 1022-1024
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.38.001022
Abstract
We report on a double-pass Ho:YLF slab amplifier which delivered 350 ns long single-frequency pulses of up to 330 mJ at 2064 nm, with a maximum of 1.5 at 50 Hz. It was end pumped with a diode-pumped Tm:YLF slab laser and seeded with up to 50 mJ of single-frequency pulses.
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