• DocumentCode
    895199
  • Title

    Polarization control of a high power laser by adjoint feedback control

  • Author

    Blaszuk, Paul R. ; Benda, John A. ; Forgham, James L. ; Cohen, Harold L.

  • Author_Institution
    TekQuest, Lebanon, CT, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1035
  • Lastpage
    1037
  • Abstract
    A technique for polarizing a high-power laser with unstable resonator optics that places the polarizing elements in a low power feedback path external to the parent resonator structure is described. The technique has been used to polarize a high-power industrial CO2 laser. Rejection ratios for the unwanted polarizations can exceed 20 dB. The polarization vector can be rotated at will by rotating the polarizer in the low power beam path
  • Keywords
    carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical polarisers; adjoint feedback control; high power laser; industrial CO2 laser; low power beam path; low power feedback path; parent resonator structure; polarization control; polarization vector; polarizing elements; unstable resonator optics; Feedback control; Laser beams; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical resonators; Polarization; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.214487
  • Filename
    214487
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=895199