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In this chapter, the experimental setup and the results elaborated during this doctorate work are presented. The results include power scaling experiments of a femtosecond enhancement cavity, the development of output coupling techniques for intracavity generated XUV radiation and XUV generation at multi-10-MHz repetition rates.
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Notes
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In the frame of this thesis, the THG in the cavity mirrors was not investigated quantitatively. The main reason for this is the characteristic of the cavity mirrors at the third harmonic of the fundamental radiation. Since the employed mirrors are dielectric quarter-wave stacks, they have a strong reflection band in the vicinity of the third harmonic. However, the exact position of this band in the frequency domain depends on the mirror dispersion and also strongly depends on the angle of incidence.
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The graphic illustration was done by Jan Kaster.
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This picture was taken by Thorsten Näser.
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The graphic illustration was done by Jan Kaster.
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This simulation was carried out by Ernst Fill.
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Pupeza, I. (2012). Experimental Setup and Results. In: Power Scaling of Enhancement Cavities for Nonlinear Optics. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4100-7_4
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