• DocumentCode
    3000475
  • Title

    Generation of Cylindrical Vector Beams from a Nd:YAG Laser Cavity including a c-cut YVO4 Crystal

  • Author

    Kozawa, Yuichi ; Yonezawa, Kazuhiro ; Sato, Shunichi

  • Author_Institution
    Tohoku Univ., Sendai
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Cylindrical vector beams were generated from a Nd:YAG laser cavity including an undoped c-cut YVO4 crystal. By simply adjusting the length of an asymmetric concentric cavity, the selection of radial or azimuthal polarization was possible.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser cavity resonators; light polarisation; neodymium; optical materials; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YAG:Nd; YVO4; asymmetric concentric cavity; azimuthal polarization; cylindrical vector beam generation; laser cavity; radial polarization; undoped c-cut crystal; Birefringence; Crystalline materials; Laser beams; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optical materials; Polarization; Power generation; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452340
  • Filename
    4452340