• DocumentCode
    376664
  • Title

    Reduction of thermally-induced polarization rotation in a nonplanar ring laser cavity

  • Author

    Chun-Jen Weng ; Pi-Ling Huang ; Huy-Zu Cheng ; Sheng-Lung Huang

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    15-19 July 2001
  • Abstract
    The polarization evolution in a nonplanar and reentrant ring cavity is characterized by measuring the thermal birefringence and analyzing the polarization rotation due to cavity configuration. The thermally induced polarization rotation is significantly reduced in this nonplanar ring cavity compared to linear cavity.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; light polarisation; optical rotation; ring lasers; thermo-optical effects; Jones matrix analysis; nonplanar ring laser cavity; polarization evolution; quarter-wave plate; reentrant ring cavity; spherical mirrors; thermal birefringence; thermally induced ellipticity; thermally-induced polarization rotation; two-mirror ring cavity; Birefringence; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Lasers and electrooptics; Mirrors; Optical polarization; Ring lasers; Robustness; Rotation measurement; Thermal engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chiba, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6738-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971042
  • Filename
    971042