摘要
We experimentally compare the output abilities of lightly and heavily doped Ti：Sapphire（Ti：S） amplifiers with diameters as large as 150 mm. Although a lightly doped Ti：S is more favorable to overcome parasitic lasing（PL）and transverse amplified spontaneous emission（TASE）, the self-phase-modulation（SPM） effect becomes more pronounced when a longer crystal is used. Recompression of the amplified, stretched pulses can be seriously affected by the SPM effect. We then propose a temporal multi-pulse pump scheme to suppress PL and TASE in a thin, heavily doped Ti：S crystal. This novel temporal multi-pulse pump technique can find potential applications in 10 PW chirped-pulse amplification laser systems.
We experimentally compare the output abilities of lightly and heavily doped Ti：Sapphire（Ti：S） amplifiers with diameters as large as 150 mm. Although a lightly doped Ti：S is more favorable to overcome parasitic lasing（PL）and transverse amplified spontaneous emission（TASE）, the self-phase-modulation（SPM） effect becomes more pronounced when a longer crystal is used. Recompression of the amplified, stretched pulses can be seriously affected by the SPM effect. We then propose a temporal multi-pulse pump scheme to suppress PL and TASE in a thin, heavily doped Ti：S crystal. This novel temporal multi-pulse pump technique can find potential applications in 10 PW chirped-pulse amplification laser systems.
作者
Zebiao Gan
Xiaoyan Liang
Lianghong Yu
Jiaqi Hong
Ming Xu
Ying Hang
Ruxin Li
甘泽彪;梁晓燕;於亮红;洪佳琪;徐明;杭寅;李儒新(State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China)
