22 kW near-diffraction-limited Yb:YAG slab laser amplifier without adaptive optics correction

Dan Wang; Ping He; Tangjian Zhou; Mi Li; Yingchen Wu; Yanan Wang; Jianli Shang; Qingsong Gao; Kai Zhang; Chun Tang; Rihong Zhu

doi:10.3788/COL202422.031402

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