Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 14, 1414003(2021)

Research on Picosecond Laser Regenerative Amplifier Based on Thin-Disk Gain Medium

Jing Dong1, Hantian Chen1, Hailin Wang1, Xianshi Jia1, Guangzhi Zhu1, Kozlov Aleksei2, and Xiao Zhu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
  • 2POLYUS Research Institute of M.F. Stelmakh Joint Stock Company, Moscow 117342, Russia
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    Jing Dong, Hantian Chen, Hailin Wang, Xianshi Jia, Guangzhi Zhu, Kozlov Aleksei, Xiao Zhu. Research on Picosecond Laser Regenerative Amplifier Based on Thin-Disk Gain Medium[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(14): 1414003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Dec. 8, 2020

    Accepted: Feb. 22, 2021

    Published Online: Jul. 11, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhu Xiao (zx@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.1414003

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