• 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