• DocumentCode
    1671031
  • Title

    Improvement of double-pass crossed-polarized wave efficiency and beam quality via imaging

  • Author

    Iliev, Marin ; Meier, Amanda ; Durfee, Charles

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The efficiency and beam quality of double-pass cross-polarized wave generation is improved by using imaging to better match the two fields for the second pass. The efficiency increase is especially pronounced for low input energy.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; light polarisation; optical images; optical pulse generation; beam quality; double pass cross-polarized wave generation; double pass crossed polarized wave efficiency; low input energy; optical imaging; Crystals; Imaging; Laser beams; Mirrors; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Structural rings;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326317