HIGH-POWER SOLID-STATE LASERS WITH UNSTABLE RESONATORS

被引:17
作者
HODGSON, N [1 ]
WEBER, H [1 ]
机构
[1] BERLIN GMBH, INST FESTOERPER LASER, W-1000 BERLIN 12, GERMANY
关键词
D O I
10.1007/BF02088999
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The thermal lensing properties of stable and unstable resonators are compared and rules are given for the design of optimized unstable resonators containing a focusing rod. Experimental verification with a high-power Nd: YAG system proved that for unstable resonators the restricting relationship between beam quality and output power no longer holds. Careful resonator design enables high output power to be extracted with unstable resonators without destroying the output couplers. © 1990 Chapman and Hall Ltd.
引用
收藏
页码:S39 / S55
页数:17
相关论文
共 46 条
[1]  
ANANEV YA, 1972, SOV J QUANTUM ELECTR, V1, P565
[2]   MODES OF STABLE AND UNSTABLE OPTICAL RESONATORS [J].
BERGSTEIN, L .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1968, 7 (03) :495-+
[3]  
BURROWS G, 1988, P SOC PHOTO-OPT INS, V1021, P159
[4]   ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS OF UNSTABLE LASER RESONATORS WITH CIRCULAR MIRRORS [J].
BUTTS, RR ;
AVIZONIS, PV .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1978, 68 (08) :1072-1078
[5]   THE ROLE OF THE ROD POSITION IN SINGLE-MODE SOLID-STATE LASER RESONATORS - OPTIMIZATION OF A CW MODE-LOCKED ND-YAG LASER [J].
DESILVESTRI, S ;
LAPORTA, P ;
MAGNI, V .
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1986, 57 (05) :339-344
[6]   MULTIROD RESONATORS FOR HIGH-POWER SOLID-STATE LASERS WITH IMPROVED BEAM QUALITY [J].
DRIEDGER, KP ;
IFFLANDER, RM ;
WEBER, H .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1988, 24 (04) :665-674
[7]  
EICHER J, 1986, FUE13N53061 MIN RES
[8]   RAY-TRANSFER-MATRIX APPROACH TO UNSTABLE RESONATOR ANALYSIS [J].
EWANIZKY, TF .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1979, 18 (05) :724-727
[9]   NEGATIVE-BRANCH UNSTABLE RESONATOR ND-YAG LASER [J].
EWANIZKY, TF ;
CRAIG, JM .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1976, 15 (06) :1465-1469
[10]   ASYMMETRIC UNSTABLE TRAVELING-WAVE RESONATORS [J].
FREIBERG, RJ ;
CHENAUSKY, PP ;
BUCZEK, CJ .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1974, QE10 (02) :279-289