• DocumentCode
    2881175
  • Title

    Analysis and solutions for parasitic lasing in Petawatt and multi-Petawatt Ti: sapphire laser systems

  • Author

    Plé, Fabien ; Pittman, Moan ; Canova, Federico ; Jamelot, Gerard

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. d´´Interaction du Royonnement X Avec la Mater., Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have studied experimentally and theoretically the parasitic lasing phenomenon in large-aperture Ti:sapphire crystals to optimize amplification schemes of multi-petawatt class Ti:sapphire laser. Simulations and experimental results of high power amplification will be presented.
  • Keywords
    sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Petawatt laser systems; Ti:sapphire laser; high power amplification; large-aperture Ti:sapphire crystals; multiPetawatt laser systems; parasitic lasing; Crystals; Laser theory; 140.3280 (Laser amplifiers); 140.3590 (Laser, titanium); 140.6630 (Superradiance and superfluorescence); 140.7090 (Ultrafast lasers);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628833
  • Filename
    4628833