title: High-power, 1-ps, all-Yb:YAG thin-disk regenerative amplifier.
abstract: We report a 100 W, 20 mJ, 1-ps, all-Yb:YAG thin-disk regenerative amplifier seeded by a microjoule-level Yb:YAG thin-disk Kerr-lens mode-locked oscillator. The regenerative amplifier is implemented in a chirped pulse amplification system and operates at an ambient temperature in air, delivering ultrastable output pulses at a 5 kHz repetition rate and with a root mean square power noise value of less than 0.5%. Second harmonic generation of the amplifier's output in a 1.5 mm-thick BBO crystal results in more than 70 W at 515 nm, making the system an attractive source for pumping optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers in the visible and near-infrared spectral ranges.
authors.forename: Hanieh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fattahi
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alismail
authors.forename: Haochuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brons
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pronin
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Buberl
authors.forename: Lénárd
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vámos
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arisholm
authors.forename: Abdallah M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Azzeer
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Krausz