BEAM-QUALITY CHANGES GENERATED BY THERMALLY-INDUCED SPHERICAL-ABERRATION IN LASER CAVITIES

Authors
MARTINEZHERRERO R MEJIAS PM HODGSON N WEBER H
Citation
R. Martinezherrero et al., BEAM-QUALITY CHANGES GENERATED BY THERMALLY-INDUCED SPHERICAL-ABERRATION IN LASER CAVITIES, IEEE journal of quantum electronics, 31(12), 1995, pp. 2173-2176
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE journal of quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189197
Volume
31
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2173 - 2176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9197(1995)31:12<2173:BCGBTS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Thermally-induced spherical aberration in Nd:YAG rods is investigated, Attention is concentrated on the so-called ''intensity moment formali sm'' to analyze the beam-quality parameter of the emitted laser beams, A number of resonance conditions that certain beam-shape parameters o f any stable laser mode should fulfill are also derived, and a compari son with previously reported numerical results is presented.