Parasitic lasing suppression in large-aperture Ti:sapphire amplifiers using a temporal dual-pulse pump

• DOI: 10.1364/assl.2014.ath2a.43
• Publication Date: 2014-12-11T16:05:14Z
• Authors: Y. X. Chu; X. Y. Liang; L. H. Yu; L. Xu; X. M. Lu; Y. Q. Liu; Y. X. Leng; R. X. Li; Z. Z. Xu
• Keywords: Ti:sapphire laser; Aperture (computer memory)

Based on the experimental parameters in 2.0 PW Ti:Sapphire laser system, we propose a method to suppress parasitic lasing effects large-aperture amplifiers by using temporal dual-pulse pump.