Title :
Intracavity beam steering of compact diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 master-oscillator power amplifier
Author :
Bourderionnet, J. ; Brignon, A. ; Huignard, J.P. ; Pocholle, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Central de Recherches, Thomson-CSF, Orsay, France
fDate :
2/17/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate intracavity beam steering of a diode pumped Nd:YVO4 oscillator using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator in a confocal resonator setup. The deflected beam is then amplified by a large field-of-view Nd:YVO4 gain medium
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; beam steering; electro-optical deflectors; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; liquid crystal devices; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; spatial light modulators; yttrium compounds; YVO4:Nd; confocal resonator setup; deflected beam; diode-pumped master-oscillator power amplifier; intracavity beam steering; large field-of-view gain medium; liquid crystal spatial light modulator;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000300