Amplification of a Pulsed Laser Source with a Compact Wedged Thin-Disk Amplifier

Creating a laser system with a high average output power and at the same time high pulse energies is a challenging task. In the past it was shown that thin-disk multipass amplifiers can achieve excellent properties for ultrashort laser pulses at over 1 kW of average power [1]. Furthermore, systems combining multipass and regenerative thin-disk amplifiers achieved 700 mJ of pulse energy at a repetition rate of 1000 Hz.