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.
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