Steinmetz, A.A.SteinmetzJansen, F.F.JansenStutzki, F.F.StutzkiLehneis, R.R.LehneisLimpert, J.J.LimpertTünnermann, A.A.Tünnermann2022-03-122022-03-122012https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/3788482-s2.0-848703575422-s2.0-84890620657Nonlinear optical pulse compression of high-energy and high-repetition rate (>500kHz) Q-switched pulses is obtained from a fiber-amplified microchip laser system. 92ps and 70ps pulses are SPM-broadened in a double-stage fiber amplifier extracting energies over 100J and subsequently compressed to 4.7ps and 2.7ps, respectively.en620Sub-5ps high-energy pulses from a fiber-amplified and compressed passively Q-switched microchip laserconference paper