Title :
Design of a Talbot cavity in a plane-convex GRIN rod
Author :
Fernandez-Pousa, C.R. ; Flores-Arias, M.T. ; Bao, C. ; Pérez, M.V. ; Gómez-Reino, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Materiales, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Elche, Spain
Abstract :
Diffractive coupling using Talbot effect has been explored as a method to produce coherent emission of array radiators through phase locking. In this paper we present the design of a Talbot cavity in a plane-convex GRIN resonator. An external plane mirror located at a certain distance of the array forms the basic cavity where Talbot effect favors antisymmetric oscillation, symmetric oscillation. We considered a general first-order system rather than a free-space plane cavity and it is characterized by its (ABCD) matrix.
Keywords :
Talbot effect; gradient index optics; laser cavity resonators; lenses; matrix algebra; optical design techniques; Talbot cavity design; Talbot effect; array radiators coherent emission; diffractive coupling; phase locking; plane-convex GRIN resonator; plane-convex GRIN rod; Diffraction; Lenses; Mirrors; Optimized production technology; Phased arrays; Symmetric matrices; Talbot effect; Zirconium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312173
