Title :
Effect of phase errors on laser mode selection with binary phase elements
Author :
Machavariani, G. ; Ishaaya, A.A. ; Davidson, N. ; Friesem, A.A. ; Blit, S. ; Hasman, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Israel
Abstract :
We present numerical and experimental investigations to determine the effect of such surface height deviations of the intra-cavity binary phase elements inserted into an Nd-YAG laser and the selection of the Laguerre-Gaussian (0,1) (LG01) and Laguerre-Gaussian (0,2) (LG02) degenerated modes.
Keywords :
error analysis; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; neodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Laguerre-Gaussian degenerated mode; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; intra-cavity binary phase elements; laser mode selection; phase errors effect; surface height deviations; Apertures; Degradation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Lenses; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Q factor; Thermal lensing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312179