Title : 
Manipulation of spatial beam patterns in a Nd:YVO4 laser with degenerate hemispherical resonator
         
        
            Author : 
Wu, Hsiao-Hua ; Lo, Ying-Chung
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Phys., Tunghai Univ., Taichung, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We show that the self-image property of degenerate hemispherical resonator in a Nd:YVO4 laser gives rise to peculiar transverse modes and can be employed to manipulate the spatial beam patterns.
         
        
            Keywords : 
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; neodymium; solid lasers; Nd:YVO4 laser; YVO4:Nd; degenerate hemispherical resonator; self-image property; spatial beam patterns; transverse modes; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-7766-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277247