• DocumentCode
    1136429
  • Title

    Saturation-induced phase distortion in laser amplifiers

  • Author

    Booth

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Supply, Defence Standards Labs., Melbourne, Australia
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1969
  • fDate
    11/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    547
  • Lastpage
    548
  • Abstract
    The effect of refractive index changes, caused by nonuniform saturation of the laser medium, on the wavefront of a beam propagating through a laser amplifier is considered. A number of examples of wavefront distortion are included. The effect of saturation-induced phase distortions on beam divergence and frequency modulation is discussed.
  • Keywords
    Diffraction; Frequency modulation; High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Laser noise; Laser transitions; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Phase distortion; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1969.1075693
  • Filename
    1075693
    • Link To Document
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