Spatial mode control of a diode-pumped Nd : YAG laser by use of an intracavity holographic phase plate

Authors
Bourderionnet, J Huot, N Brignon, A Huignard, JP
Citation
J. Bourderionnet et al., Spatial mode control of a diode-pumped Nd : YAG laser by use of an intracavity holographic phase plate, OPTICS LETT, 25(21), 2000, pp. 1579-1581
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
21
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1579 - 1581
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20001101)25:21<1579:SMCOAD>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We present a new method of realizing phase plates by phase-volume holograph y on a photopolymer film. We implement such a component in a diode-pumped N d:YAG oscillator to control the output spatial beam profile. Flattop super- Gaussian and square-shaped beams are obtained. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 090.1970, 090.7330, 140.3300, 140.3410, 140.3530.