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High-power ultrafast lasers have gained a tremendous interest within the last decade thanks to their significant advantages in high-precision and high throughput laser-based material processing. Among other laser architectures (e-g. fibers and slab), the thin-disk laser technology have demonstrated its capability for scaling both average power to the kW-class and energy to multi-mJ at the same time. In the present talk, we will report on our recent advances in the development of high-power thin-disk laser oscillators and amplifiers emitting ps and fs pulses. The talk will also include the latest achievements on non-linear conversion for the generation of green and UV radiations. Furthermore, the generation and amplification of doughnut modes with radial or azimuthal polarization and their benefit for micro-processing will be discussed in details.

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