IMPROVED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PERFORMANCE OF A PHASE-CONJUGATE RESONATOR WITH AN INTRACAVITY MODE HOMOGENIZER

Authors
DUNNING GJ MCCAHON SW KLEIN MB PEPPER DM
Citation
Gj. Dunning et al., IMPROVED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PERFORMANCE OF A PHASE-CONJUGATE RESONATOR WITH AN INTRACAVITY MODE HOMOGENIZER, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 11(2), 1994, pp. 339-346
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
339 - 346
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1994)11:2<339:ISATPO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The temporal stability, spatial uniformity, and transverse dimension o f the oscillating modes of phase-conjugate resonators have been improv ed by incorporation of passive intracavity elements designed to homoge nize the resonator modes. We have demonstrated a reduction of the gain competition between the modes supported by a resonator by using an in tracavity light pipe or a tapered fiber-optic bundle. In one resonator configured for optical data-processing applications, the homogenizers significantly reduced optical turbulence and facilitated expanding th e transverse dimension of the mode to support 7 X 10(3) pixels.