Title :
Improved performance of three-mirror beam-shaping systems and application to step-tunable converters
Author :
Cao, Rong ; Vernon, Ronald J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
Abstract :
It is sometimes the case that a two-mirror beam-shaping system cannot transform the input beam to a desired target beam with sufficient accuracy. The transformation can be improved by using a third mirror in the shaping system. Also, there can be an infinite number of solutions possible for a three-mirror beam-shaping system. We have used such three-mirror systems to explore optimized solutions for mode converters for step-tunable gyrotrons.
Keywords :
gyrotrons; laser modes; mirrors; optical design techniques; optimisation; beam transformation; mode converters; step-tunable converters; step-tunable gyrotrons; three-mirror beam-shaping systems; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; Collimators; Computational modeling; Design methodology; Frequency; Gaussian processes; Gyrotrons; Mirrors; Superconducting magnets;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2005. IRMMW-THz 2005. The Joint 30th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9348-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2005.1572692
