Generation of high-power radially polarized beam

Authors
Nesterov, AV Nizlev, VG Yakunin, VP
Citation
Av. Nesterov et al., Generation of high-power radially polarized beam, J PHYS D, 32(22), 1999, pp. 2871-2875
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00223727 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
22
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2871 - 2875
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3727(19991121)32:22<2871:GOHRPB>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Radially polarized radiation of 1.8 kW was first obtained in an industrial high-power CO2 laser. Special reflective elements with an axial polarizatio n selectivity of 22% were used as a rear mirror in the laser. The output ra diation consisted mainly of an unpolarized mode TEM00 and a radially polari zed mode R-TEM01*.