Diffractive resonators for solid-state lasers

Author

Leger, J.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1995

Firstpage

184

Abstract

Summary form only given. Diffractive optics has been shown to be capable of producing high quality solid state laser mirrors and lenses with arbitrary surface figures. In the present experiment, we show that using a curved output mirror has several advantages. First, the cavity can be shortened substantially while still maintaining good discrimination against higher-order modes. Second, the total phase excursion can often be contained within 2 Π radians, eliminating the phase discontinuity present in a diffractive structure

Keywords

holographic optical elements; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser modes; neodymium; optical films; optical phase conjugation; solid lasers; 2 Π radians; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; arbitrary surface figures; curved output mirror; diffractive laser resonators; diffractive optics; diffractive structure; good discrimination; high quality solid state laser mirrors; higher-order laser mode discrimination; holographic optical elements; laser lenses; phase discontinuity; solid-state laser resonators; total phase excursion; Laser beams; Laser modes; Lenses; Mirrors; Optical design; Optical diffraction; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484657

Filename

484657