Title :
Direct manipulation of transverse mode of a Yb:YAG laser by a scanning pump beam
Author :
Sato, Takao ; Kozawa, Yusuke ; Sato, Seiki
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Multidiscipl. Res. for Adv. Mater., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel method for the direct generation of single-transverse, higher-order Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian mode beams from a Yb:YAG laser pumped by a high-speed scanning beam without any alignment of a laser cavity.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser modes; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; Laguerre-Gaussian mode beams; YAG:Yb; Yb:YAG laser; direct manipulation; high-speed scanning beam; scanning pump beam; single-transverse Hermite-Gaussian mode beams; transverse mode; Cavity resonators; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Mirrors; Pump lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
