Abstract
High power diode pumped mode-locked lasers are assuming increasing importance as pump sources for nonlinear optical processes and materials processing and surface modification. One of the more promising materials for high power operation is Yb:YAG because of its low quantum defect and absence of excited state absorption. The thin disk geometry has been shown to be highly effective for Yb:YAG and has proved to be popular and successful in recent years.1
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