Slab waveguide lasers with diffractive-optics resonator

Author

Baker, H.T. ; Abramski, K.M. ; Colley, A.D. ; Taghizadeh, Mohammad R. ; Hall, D.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

444

Abstract

Summary form only given. RF-excited CO/sub 2/ slab-waveguide lasers are particularly convenient vehicles for exploratory experiments with diffractive optical resonators. They have very large Fresnel numbers in the lateral direction, and support low-order waveguide modes in the transverse direction. This permits the use of a one-dimensional diffractive optical element (DOE) inside the resonator which may be designed to produce a novel approach to output coupling, without the need for a transmissive mirror.

Keywords

carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical elements; waveguide lasers; CO/sub 2/; CO/sub 2/ slab-waveguide lasers; RF-excited; diffractive optical resonators; diffractive-optics resonator; exploratory experiments; lateral direction; low-order waveguide modes; one-dimensional diffractive optical element; output coupling; transmissive mirror; transverse direction; very large Fresnel numbers; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical design; Optical diffraction; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Slabs; US Department of Energy; Vehicles; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864901