SPECKLE-MIRROR LASER

Authors
DEOLIVEIRA PC MCGREEVY JA LAWANDY NM
Citation
Pc. Deoliveira et al., SPECKLE-MIRROR LASER, Optics letters, 22(10), 1997, pp. 700-702
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
700 - 702
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:10<700:SL>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report on a new laser feedback mechanism that uses speckle-pattern phenomena to create highly dispersive feedback. This speckle mirror is capable of creating laser emission as narrow as that from laser cavit ies using a number of dispersive elements such as gratings and prisms. Contributions from the peaks of intensity of the speckle patterns and a limited pumping-beam diameter are the basic conditions for the obse rvation of this effect. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.