Author:
Morrill Drew,Carlson Daniel,Hettel Will,Lesko Daniel,Wu Tsung-Han,Diddams Scott,Murnane Margaret,Kapteyn Henry,Hemmer Michael
Abstract
We report a robust long-term stable >19mJ energy, 1kHz repetition rate cryogenic Yb:YAG regenerative amplifier and its application in pumping a mJ-class, 3µm wavelength OPCPA. We highlight the benefits of cryo-Yb:YAG over alternative systems.