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▲ [15p-A305-9] >80 MW peak power/80 Hz microchip laser with unstable resonator
Keywords:Microchip laser, Unstable resonator, High peak power
We present an air-cooled Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG microchip laser with unstable resonator generating record peak-powers of 71.9 MW (22.54 mJ, 313.5 ps) and 82.8 MW (26 mJ, 314 ps) at 100 and 80 Hz respectively.