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Multiple-pass short-pulse off-axis amplification using spherical and cylindrical expansion schemes has been analyzed for different conventional discharge-pumped KrF gain modules. It is shown that using a single-gain module in a three-pass optimized off-axis arrangement, output energies up to several 1OO mJ can be reached with excellent contrast, starting from 10–20 µJ input energies.
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Almási, G., Szatmári, S. Optimization of multiple-pass off-axis KrF amplifiers. Appl. Phys. B 60, 565–570 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01080936
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