Optical quality measurements on beams generated by a stable multipass resonator and a hybrid stable-unstable resonator

Year: 2003

Authors: Lapucci A., Ciofini M.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Abstract: Using the same radio-frequency excited slab device, we have comparatively studied two different optical schemes defining a stable multipass resonator and a hybrid stable-unstable resonator. A thorough analysis of the beams extracted from the two laser setups shows that the stable folded resonator can produce a quasi-TEM00 output, at a variance with the hybrid stable-unstable resonator which always generates undesired low-power side lobes. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal/Review: OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY

Volume: 35 (4)      Pages from: 273  to: 279

KeyWords: Beam quality; Light amplifiers; Mirrors; Optical waveguides; Resonators, Multipass resonators, Laser beams; Laser resonators
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-3992(03)00006-9

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