DESIGN OF ABERRATIONLESS ASPHERIC UNSTABLE RESONATORS

被引:2
作者
LANG, RJ [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH,CTR SPACE MICROELECTR TECHNOL,JET PROPULS LAB 302-306,PASADENA,CA 91109
来源
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION | 1992年 / 9卷 / 12期
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10.1364/JOSAA.9.002176
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present a method for designing aspheric mirrors for unstable-resonator lasers to yield an arbitrary laser mode inside the resonator. Both analytical and numerical examples are given of aberration-compensated resonators, including solid resonators whose modes, on refraction through the output coupler, have identically zero spherical aberration.
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页码:2176 / 2181
页数:6
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