Higher order transverse modes of an unstable-cavity laser

Author

Van Eijkelenborg, Martijn A. ; Lindberg, Åsa M. ; Thijssen, Michiel S. ; Woerdman, J.P.

Author_Institution

Huygens Lab., Leiden Univ., Netherlands

Volume

34

Issue

6

fYear

1998

fDate

6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

955

Lastpage

965

Abstract

We present measurements of the higher order transverse modes of an unstable-cavity HeXe gas laser. We have studied the one-dimensional strip-resonator modes and the two-dimensional square- and circular-resonator modes. The experimental intensity profiles showed generally good agreement with theoretical profiles based upon virtual-source diffraction theory. We also measured the quantum-limited linewidths and excess-noise factors of several of these modes

Keywords

gas lasers; helium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser noise; laser stability; spectral line breadth; HeXe; circular-resonator mode; excess-noise factors; experimental intensity profiles; gas lasers; higher order transverse modes; one-dimensional strip-resonator modes; quantum-limited linewidths; two-dimensional square-resonator modes; unstable-cavity HeXe gas laser; unstable-cavity laser; virtual-source diffraction theory; Apertures; Diffraction; Gas lasers; Laboratories; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical resonators; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.678591

Filename

678591