Parameters evolution of laser beams with quite general transverse intensity profile

Author

Palma, C. ; Panzera, C. ; Perrone, M.R. ; De Nunzio, G. ; Mascello, A.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fisica, Rome Univ., Italy

Volume

33

Issue

12

fYear

1997

fDate

12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2178

Lastpage

2187

Abstract

A plane-parallel cavity with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror has been applied to a XeCl laser medium having a spatially variable gain distribution. The evolution of the beam parameters has been experimentally analyzed as a function of the number of round trips. It is shown that in this case of intensity profiles affected by the spatial and temporal properties of the active medium gain, a theory formerly developed for the beam-parameter evolution of Gaussian Schell-model beams provides a satisfactory description of experimental measurements for the first few round trips

Keywords

excimer lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; xenon compounds; Gaussian Schell-model beams; Gaussian reflectivity mirror; XeCl; XeCl laser medium; active medium gain; beam-parameter evolution; laser beams; parameters evolution; plane-parallel cavity; quite general transverse intensity profile; round trips; spatial properties; spatially variable gain distribution; temporal properties; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Reflectivity; Steady-state; Transient analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.644099

Filename

644099