Beam overlapping in a multipass Ti:sapphire amplifier based on a parabolic mirror

According to laser beam transporting in a multipass Ti:sapphire amplifier based on a parabolic mirror, the influential factors to induce astigmatism are analyzed. The beam waists of the laser beam transporting in the multipass amplifier are calculated by ABCD law in sagittal and tangential planes, respectively, and are compared with each other. Our analyses of these influential factors provide valuable data to optimize this design of multipass Ti:sapphire amplifier, and our experimental results of getting Gaussian beam from such a kind of amplifier confirmed our theoretical analyses.