Scalable 30 fs laser source with 530 W average power

Opt Lett. 2019 Nov 1;44(21):5222-5225. doi: 10.1364/OL.44.005222.

Abstract

We present a power-scalable laser source with 30 fs pulse duration, 530 W average power at 500 kHz repetition rate, and beam quality M2<1.2. The compact and efficient setup consists of ytterbium-based Innoslab amplifiers and subsequent nonlinear pulse compression with an argon-filled Herriott cell.