• DocumentCode
    2655343
  • Title

    Suppression of parasitic lasing in large-aperture Ti:sapphire amplifiers. Amplifying strategies for high rep-rate petawatt class Ti:sapphire systems

  • Author

    Ple, F. ; Pittman, Moana ; Canova, Federico ; Chambaret, Jean-Paul ; Mourou, Gérard ; Planchon, Thomas

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. d´´Interaction du Rayonnement X Avec la Matiere, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1848
  • Abstract
    We have studied experimentally and theoretically the parasitic lasing phenomenon in large-aperture Ti:sapphire crystals to optimize the amplification scheme of petawatt class Ti:sapphire laser. Simulations, first experimental results and strategy of amplification will be presented.
  • Keywords
    sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Ti:sapphire amplifiers; amplifying strategy; parasitic lasing phenomenon; parasitic lasing suppression; rep-rate petawatt class Ti:sapphire system; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549303
  • Filename
    1549303