UNSTABLE LASER RESONATORS WITH A SPECIFIED OUTPUT PROFILE BY USING A GRADED-REFLECTIVITY MIRROR - GEOMETRICAL-OPTICS LIMIT

被引:13
作者
BELANGER, PA
PARE, C
机构
[1] Equipe Laser et Optique Guidée, (COPL) Département de Physique, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1016/0030-4018(94)90507-X
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The problem of determining the graded-reflectivity mirror profile to be used in an unstable resonator in order to obtain a specified intensity profile at the output is considered. A general analytical solution is found using a simple iterative procedure. Spatially confined output distributions imply a similarly limited reflectivity profile. Examples with super-Gaussian, Bessel and Laguerre-Gauss output beams are illustrated.
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