DocumentCode
1129342
Title
Gaussian beam distortion caused by saturable gain or loss
Author
Bridges, William B.
Author_Institution
Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA, USA
Volume
4
Issue
11
fYear
1968
fDate
11/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
820
Lastpage
827
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1968.1074974
Filename
1074974
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