CUSTOM LASER RESONATORS USING GRADED-PHASE MIRRORS - CIRCULAR GEOMETRY

Authors
PARE C BELANGER PA
Citation
C. Pare et Pa. Belanger, CUSTOM LASER RESONATORS USING GRADED-PHASE MIRRORS - CIRCULAR GEOMETRY, IEEE journal of quantum electronics, 30(4), 1994, pp. 1141-1148
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE journal of quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189197
Volume
30
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1141 - 1148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9197(1994)30:4<1141:CLRUGM>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The properties of a new class of resonators using graded-phase mirrors designed for delivering a prescribed intensity output profile are ana lyzed in the circular geometry. It is shown that the diffraction losse s of super-Gaussian custom resonators strongly favor the single-transv erse-mode operation, and optimum design parameters are suggested. Simu lations indicate that these resonators behave reasonably well in the p resence of perturbations such as thermal lensing fluctuations or gain saturation.