Abstract
The Mercury laser operated continuously for several hours at 55J and 10Hz with fourteen 4×6 cm2 Yb:S-FAP amplifier slabs pumped by eight 100kW diode arrays. Average power frequency conversion employing YCOB yielded 50% conversion efficiency.
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