STRONG OPTICAL ASYMMETRY OF AN INTERFERENCE WEDGE WITH UNEQUAL-REFLECTIVITY MIRRORS AND ITS USE IN UNIDIRECTIONAL RING LASER DESIGNS

Authors
STOYKOVA E NENCHEV M
Citation
E. Stoykova et M. Nenchev, STRONG OPTICAL ASYMMETRY OF AN INTERFERENCE WEDGE WITH UNEQUAL-REFLECTIVITY MIRRORS AND ITS USE IN UNIDIRECTIONAL RING LASER DESIGNS, Optics letters, 19(23), 1994, pp. 1925-1927
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
23
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1925 - 1927
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:23<1925:SOAOAI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
On the basis of theory and experiment we discuss the strong optical as ymmetry in reflection exhibited by an interference wedge when it is co nstructed of unequal-reflectivity mirrors and show how this feature ca n be used to develop attractive unidirectional ring lasers. In the pro posed ring cavity schemes a single interference wedge is employed simu ltaneously as a tuning element, as an element introducing asymmetry, a nd as a laser output coupler.