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We show that ring cavity regenerative amplifiers (regens) have distinct advantages over the linear ones for applications in chirped pulse amplification. Larger energy, better contrast and better isolation from the oscillator are experimentally demonstrated.
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Received: 17 September 2001 / Revised version: 24 October 2001 / Published online: 5 July 2002
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Yanovsky, V., Felix, C. & Mourou, G. Why ring regenerative amplification (regen)?. Appl Phys B 74 (Suppl 1), s181–s183 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-0887-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-0887-7