DocumentCode
1112517
Title
Unstable ring resonator with an intracavity prism beam expander
Author
Paxton, Alan H.
Author_Institution
Mission Research Corporation, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Volume
23
Issue
2
fYear
1987
fDate
2/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
241
Lastpage
244
Abstract
A type of unstable ring resonator that includes a prism beam expander is proposed. Neither lenses nor curved mirrors are used, and transverse mode discrimination is achieved, despite the one-dimensional beam expansion, by configuring the cavity mirrors to cause 90° image rotation during a round-trip pass. The output beam has a filled-in rectangular cross section, and the cross section of the resonator mode is also rectangular.
Keywords
Laser resonators; Diffraction gratings; Feedback; Laser beams; Laser modes; Lenses; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Ring lasers; Strips;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1987.1073316
Filename
1073316
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