INTERFERENCE WEDGE PROPERTIES RELEVANT TO LASER APPLICATIONS - TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION OF RESTRICTED LIGHT-BEAMS

Authors
NENCHEV M STOYKOVA E
Citation
M. Nenchev et E. Stoykova, INTERFERENCE WEDGE PROPERTIES RELEVANT TO LASER APPLICATIONS - TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION OF RESTRICTED LIGHT-BEAMS, Optical and quantum electronics, 25(11), 1993, pp. 789-799
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Optical and quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03068919
Volume
25
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
789 - 799
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-8919(1993)25:11<789:IWPRTL>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The optical properties of the interference wedge are analysed for the case of restricted laser beam illumination. By further development of Brossel's method, equations describing this case are derived and used to calculate the reflected and transmitted beam profiles for typical i ntracavity laser beam diameters (0.2-0.6 mm) for Gaussian and uniform intensity distributions. In particular, the experimentally observed fo rmation of bright fringes outside the beam impact area at resonant wav elengths is explained. Some useful dependencies concerning the wedge r eflection and transmission for laser applications are obtained and exp erimentally demonstrated.