Author:
Clarke Danielle,De Vido Mariastefania,Quinn Gary,McHugh Luke,Mason Paul,Spear Jacob,Smith Jodie,Divoky Martin,Pilar Jan,Denk Ondre,Butcher Thomas,Edwards Chris,Mocek Tomas,Collier John
Abstract
We characterise stress-induced depolarisation in a high-average power, diode-pumped, Yb:YAG laser, producing 10 J pulses at a 100 Hz repetition-rate. Depolarisation was measured at 6.6% after 7 passes without any compensation.