Title :
Gaussian beam distortion caused by saturable gain or loss
Author :
Bridges, William B.
Author_Institution :
Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA, USA
fDate :
11/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Results are given for the beam distortion suffered by low order Gaussian-Laguerre modes propagating through a saturable laser amplifier. Both uniform and Bessel small-signal gain distributions are considered. Beam narrowing caused by saturable loss is also treated.
Keywords :
Adaptive optics; Closed-form solution; Distributed computing; Equations; Optical distortion; Optical losses; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical saturation; Shape;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1968.1074974
