The dynamics of spatially-resolved laser eigenstates

Author

Bretenaker, F. ; Le Floch, A.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electron. Quantique, Rennes Univ., France

Volume

26

Issue

9

fYear

1990

fDate

9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1451

Lastpage

1454

Abstract

The existence of partially spatially-resolved laser eigenstates is proven, using the polarization walkoff provided by a uniaxial birefringent crystal. The coupling between the ordinary and extraordinary eigenstates is shown to depend greatly on the relative positions of the different elements in the cavity, leading to different eigenstates dynamics. Rotation and inhibition vectorial bistability and vectorial simultaneity are successively isolated, with the removal of the transversal degeneracy of the two eigenstates allowing a simple eigenstate selection

Keywords

birefringence; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser theory; light polarisation; cavity; eigenstate selection; eigenstates dynamics; extraordinary eigenstates; inhibition vectorial bistability; laser eigenstate coupling; ordinary eigenstates; polarization walkoff; rotation bistability; spatially-resolved laser eigenstates; transversal degeneracy; uniaxial birefringent crystal; vectorial simultaneity; Birefringence; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical resonators; Resonance; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.102619

Filename

102619